江到海打着勤勉的幌子
“under the pretense of diligence, Jiang Daohai stayed in the rear offices night after night,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
回禀陛下
“Reporting to Your Majesty,”
江到海 打着 勤勉 的幌子
“under the pretense of diligence, Jiang Daohai stayed in the rear offices night after night,”
夜夜宿在后衙
“Jiang Daohai stayed in the rear offices night after night,”
“Do not be fooled by his apparent hard work; it is merely an alibi for his misdeeds.”
In court memorials, discrediting a rival's Confucian virtues like diligence (勤勉) as mere deception (幌子) was a standard rhetorical technique to destroy their credibility before the emperor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
under the pretext of...; using ... as a front
A set phrase used to expose deceitful motives masked behind a respectable cover.
diligent; hardworking
Formal adjective often used in official assessments of a bureaucrat's dedication.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Jiang Daohai is close to them.”
“Jiang Daohai dared not search openly,”
“Could Jiang Daohai be having second thoughts at the last moment?”
“Jiang Daohai not only served liquor,”
“Jiang Daohai has never gotten along with me.”
“Jiang Daohai lost his official seal?”