高副使可真会恶人先告状
“Vice Envoy Gao is quite skilled at accusing others first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也都是有可能的事吧
“could it not?”
高副使 可真会 恶人先告状
“Vice Envoy Gao is quite skilled at accusing others first.”
半年来我大唐百姓在南赵边界处
“Over the past half year, more than ten thousand of Great Tang's people”
“You are the guilty party here, so stop pretending to be the victim.”
In classical court diplomacy, officials often used idiomatic indictments to pierce through hypocritical political accusations without descending into vulgarity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the villain acts as the plaintiff; beating someone to the punch with false accusations
Use this set idiom to call out someone who blames others first to conceal their own wrongdoing.
really know how to; quite adept at (often sarcastic)
Commonly placed before a verb phrase to deliver a biting, ironic compliment.