上次赈灾粮一案的时候 他就故意 往你头上泼脏水
“During the relief grain case last time, he deliberately framed you”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这个王玄范 怎么这样
“What is wrong with Wang Xuanfan?”
上次 赈灾粮一案的时候 他就 故意 往你头上 泼脏水
“During the relief grain case last time, he deliberately framed you”
害你入狱
“and got you imprisoned.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Defamation and political frame-ups in Chinese institutional settings are frequently conceptualized as pouring filth over someone to taint their moral purity and ruin their reputation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to sling mud; to smear someone; to frame
A ubiquitous idiomatic metaphor used when someone falsely shifts blame or defames an innocent person.
disaster-relief grain
A specific historical term denoting emergency grain supplies allocated by the imperial court.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As soon as the disaster relief grain left the capital, he claimed to be ill.”
“Check your logic before you speak. Disaster relief? Really?”
“online?”
“He would never embezzle disaster relief grain.”
“to give money and food to the poor.”
“There is more to the grain requisition than meets the eye.”