他受贿行贿 他还要恶人先告状 他报警
“he was taking and giving bribes, and now he's trying to flip it and call the police.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Perfect, you can be a witness. Just now, in the dark,”
他 受贿行贿 他 还要 恶人先告状 他 报警
“he was taking and giving bribes, and now he's trying to flip it and call the police.”
怎么回事
“What exactly is going on?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese interpersonal strategy strongly recognizes the tactic of filing a report first to manipulate authority figures into presuming the other side is guilty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the guilty party files a complaint first; the perpetrator cries foul first
An idiomatic proverb used when an offender preemptively accuses their victim to seize the moral high ground.
accepting and offering bribes; corrupt dealings
A paired formal collocation commonly used in spoken arguments to describe total corrupt criminality.
