他们煽动百姓抹黑三法司
“They are inciting the people to smear the Three Judicial Offices.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The area outside the Three Judicial Offices has been wrecked again.”
他们 煽动百姓 抹黑 三法司
“They are inciting the people to smear the Three Judicial Offices.”
“Most of it is groundless rumor.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historically, the Sanfasi represented the highest imperial judicial apparatus responsible for reviewing severe capital offenses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to incite the common people; to agitate the masses
A formal collocation used when political factions manipulate public unrest.
to defame; to smear; to tarnish a reputation
A vivid and very common metaphor used across modern and historical Chinese for character assassination.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and accuse the Three Judicial Offices from top to bottom, inside and out.”
“If they wish to target the Three Judicial Offices,”
“driving the whole county to rebellion.”
“the Three Judicial Offices will see justice done.”
“is that you stirred the Three Judicial Offices into chaos.”
“The arrests were made by the Three Judicial Offices,”