早已漏成筛子了
“has long been riddled with holes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
朕的朝堂
“my court”
早 已 漏成筛子了
“has long been riddled with holes.”
高罗迁
“Gao Luoqian.”
“My imperial court is completely compromised and riddled with traitors.”
In Chinese political discourse, describing a system as a sieve denotes an utter breakdown of internal secrecy and trust among factions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
riddled with leaks; leaking like a sieve
A vivid colloquial metaphor used to describe an organization, system, or defense that has completely lost its confidentiality or security.
Signifies a change of state and reinforces the speaker's resignation and certainty about the established reality.