你还要因私废公与我为难吗
“yet you still place private grudges above public duty and make things difficult for me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Now the beacon towers are seized and soldiers captured,”
你 还要 因私废公 与 我 为难 吗
“yet you still place private grudges above public duty and make things difficult for me?”
“Put your petty grudge aside and do your job before we both go down.”
In Chinese moral philosophy, placing public welfare ('gong') above personal vendettas ('si') is considered a foundational duty of an honorable person and official.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to neglect public duty for personal interests or grudges
A formal idiom used to reprimand someone for letting private biases interfere with professional duties.
to make things difficult for me; to pick a quarrel with me
Useful when calling out someone who is deliberately obstructing or targeting you.
Turns the statement into an accusatory rhetorical question demanding accountability.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Both professionally and personally, I can't give up on that case.”
“That's why I insisted you come, both professionally and personally.”
“Why don't you go to court on behalf of me?”
“Are you gonna give up on me this time as well?”
“For both personal and official affairs. I'm handling this along the way.”
“Personally, as head of my household,”