就算出了仕 怕也是尸位素餐之辈
“even if he became an official, he'd just be a useless seat warmer.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如此品性
“With that kind of character,”
就算 出了仕 怕 也是 尸位素餐 之辈
“even if he became an official, he'd just be a useless seat warmer.”
说起来 爷倒是无意之间 替朝廷提前发现了
“Come to think of it, I just happened to uncover a mediocre talent”
“This man is utterly useless and morally bankrupt; he deserves no place in government.”
Confucian statecraft places extreme emphasis on moral integrity and duty; labeling an official as merely taking pay without serving the public is one of the gravest moral indictments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to enter officialdom; to take up a government post
A literary term used in historical or formal contexts describing someone taking an imperial examination or administrative office.
holding an office while neglecting duties; drawing a salary without working
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used to criticize incompetence and laziness in public officials.
the like of; people of such a sort
A formal suffix used to denote a category of people, often with a dismissive or derogatory nuance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but in truth, for his career, he killed her with his own hands.”
“I became an official just to change this situation.”
“promising imperial officials.”
“Lord Yan always sends you out to do all sorts of tasks.”
“isn't necessarily worse than being an official.”
“I had to just sit here and do nothing.”