是池鱼之殃 有冤无处诉啊
“is suffering collateral damage with nowhere to appeal our grievances.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
看来这次我们顾家
“It seems that our Gu family”
是 池鱼之殃 有冤无处诉 啊
“is suffering collateral damage with nowhere to appeal our grievances.”
“I heard that the Administrative Commissioner of Shanxi has also pleaded guilty.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, official corruption or treason cases routinely triggered collective punishment across extended clans, leaving peripheral relatives helpless victims.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
collateral damage; innocent bystanders caught in a disaster
A formal literary idiom used when an innocent third party suffers harm because of troubles caused by others.
having grievances with nowhere to appeal
Used to describe complete powerlessness and lack of institutional recourse in the face of deep injustice.
Deepens the sigh of despair and emphasizes the speaker's helpless lamentation.
