一下给爷扣了两顶帽子
“You're pinning two charges on me at once.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
张大人真是好口齿啊
“Lord Zhang, you're quite eloquent.”
一下给爷扣了两顶帽子
“You're pinning two charges on me at once.”
可张大人怎么知道 爷不是领了圣命呢
“But how do you know I wasn't acting under an imperial order?”
“You are making up false charges against me, but you picked the wrong fight.”
The idiom 'kou maozi' (putting a hat on someone) originates from political discourse where labeling an adversary with a crime or flaw is used as a lethal weapon.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to label someone; to pin an accusation on someone
A vivid idiomatic expression meaning to unfairly stigmatize or attach false political/moral charges to an opponent.
in one stroke; all at once
Emphasizes the swiftness and excessiveness of the opponent's aggressive framing.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I won't let you pin that label on me. I can't take it.”
“Don't flatter me.”
“Don't flatter me. It's no use.”
“Do not flatter me like that. I can't take that.”
“I cannot bear such a heavy accusation.”
“and you stab me in the back?”