就连刑部也被人动了手脚
“but even the things in the Ministry of Justice have been tampered with.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不只徽州的海捕文书没了
“Not only are Huizhou's arrest warrants gone,”
就连 刑部 也 被人动了手脚
“but even the things in the Ministry of Justice have been tampered with.”
吴守备的人翻遍了整个档案库
“Commander Wu's men searched the entire archive”
“Our enemy has infiltrated the highest levels; this conspiracy is far deeper than we thought.”
In imperial China, the Ministry of Justice (Xingbu) was the supreme legal organ; tampering with its records symbolizes a collapse of systemic institutional integrity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to tamper with; to play underhanded tricks
Use this idiomatic verb phrase when someone has secretly manipulated or sabotaged an object, document, or process.
even... also...
A common correlative structure used to emphasize an unexpected extreme case.
Marks the completion of an action that resulted in a new, problematic state of affairs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What can you possibly do in the Ministry of Justice?”
“left the Criminal Justice Office in ruins.”
“The murderer must have connections with someone in this mansion.”
“without consulting Commandery Prince An?”
“the killer would go free.”
“[The Cold Iron Judge] to trespass into the Penal Court.”