通番需要打通诸多的关节
“Doing illicit foreign trade requires connections at every step of the process.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阿姐 你想想看
“Sister, think about it.”
通番需要 打通 诸多的关节
“Doing illicit foreign trade requires connections at every step of the process.”
那么说明什么 说明田本昌背后的大树 就是他吴家
“What does that mean? It means the powerful one behind Tian Benchang is exactly the Wu family!”
“You cannot pull off smuggling on this scale without top-level backing—think about who makes it possible.”
Historically, high-stakes illicit businesses could only survive through 'guanjie' (vital structural joints), relying on behind-the-scenes official patronage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to grease palms; to bribe or clear administrative bottlenecks
A figurative idiom referring to overcoming red tape or gaining illicit official clearance through influence and payoffs.
illicit trade or collusion with foreigners
A historical term referring to illegal maritime trade or treasonous collusion with external powers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Doing foreign trade is a capital crime.”
“I didn't know we would be trading with foreigners before I came. So what?”
“the news about the Tian family's illicit foreign trade has spread in Nanjing.”
“let alone a crime as heinous as trading with foreign enemies.”
“But what does that have to do with their illicit foreign trade? Ever since Wenqian”
“No one would believe that he could have concealed his involvement”