会授人以柄啊 我当时没有别的办法了
“you'll leave yourself open to charges? I had no other choice.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you know that if you do this,”
会 授人以柄 啊 我当时 没有别的办法了
“you'll leave yourself open to charges? I had no other choice.”
你现在回去
“Go back now”
“I know I left myself wide open to attack, but you must understand my hands were tied.”
Chinese interpersonal strategy strongly cautions against providing opponents with 'handles' (bing) that can be seized upon to destroy one's reputation or position.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to give someone leverage or ammunition against oneself
A sophisticated formal idiom commonly applied to workplace, political, or legal vulnerabilities.
had no other option / was left with no alternative
A standard spoken phrase to explain that an action was compelled by circumstances.
Adds emotional intensity and earnestness to the speaker's plea for comprehension.
Indicates the conclusive state of having run out of options.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If another conflict arises, it might be used against us.”
“you lose someone holding leverage over you.”
“I have leverage over you now.”
“The army is yours to wield.”
“Even if you have something on him, so what?”
“So I had to hold power in my own hands.”