你踩着晋王与沈公的尸骨 升至三品高官
“You stepped over the bones of Prince Jin and Lord Shen to reach your third-rank position,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
沈公为何藏匿凶器吗
“why Lord Shen hid the murder weapon?”
你踩着晋王与沈公的尸骨 升至三品高官
“You stepped over the bones of Prince Jin and Lord Shen to reach your third-rank position,”
如今却反过来指责 沈公是谄谀之辈
“and now you just turn around and call Lord Shen a sycophant.”
“You are a shameless traitor who owes your entire career to the blood of the men you now slander.”
In Confucian political morality, advancing one's career by betraying colleagues or profiting from their deaths marks someone as an unprincipled petty person devoid of integrity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stepping over someone's dead bodies / rising on the bones of others
A powerful metaphor used to condemn someone who achieves promotion or success through the destruction and sacrifice of others.
promoted up to / rising to the rank of
A formal written and spoken collocation describing upward mobility in official rank or administrative hierarchy.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you did read Prince Jin's case file. That dagger”
“With Lord Shen's support, he finally got his chance to rise.”
“and how they slandered Prince Jin.”
“The burial in Prince Jin's Mansion is no coincidence.”
“and used a dagger that couldn't even kill to convict Prince Jin.”
“I've finally found the breakthrough in Prince Jin's case.”