能不能按这个 人民内部矛盾处理一下
“Could you handle this as contradictions among the people?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当然是
“Of course.”
能不能 按 这个 人民内部矛盾 处理一下
“Could you handle this as contradictions among the people?”
“Please let this go easy on us and settle it quietly as a minor matter.”
Derived from Maoist political philosophy, contrasting non-antagonistic internal disputes with severe hostile crimes against the state; people invoke it colloquially to ask authorities for leniency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
contradictions among the people
A famous political concept often invoked colloquially to imply a mild, non-hostile disagreement that should be resolved peacefully.
unable to make the decision
A common idiom expressing that one lacks the bureaucratic authority to decide an outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it'll be dealt with as an internal civil conflict. What if the writer doesn't confess?”
“and then deal with them. No comment.”