寻个由头给那姓宋的穿小鞋呢
“so you could find some reason to make life hard for that Song guy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I was hoping you'd become a very, very, very high-ranking official—”
寻个 由头 给那姓宋的 穿小鞋 呢
“so you could find some reason to make life hard for that Song guy.”
好
“Okay.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A pervasive cultural metaphor representing subtle, passive-aggressive obstruction or harassment inflicted by a superior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make things difficult for someone secretly by abusing power
A very popular idiom in both daily and workplace settings for petty bureaucratic retaliation.
to look for a pretext or excuse
Colloquial idiom frequently used when finding an ostensibly legitimate reason to justify an action.
Softens the rhetorical tone and indicates an ongoing desire or hypothetical musing.
