他日上堂我便都抖搂出去
“I'll spill everything in court.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
逼急了
“If you push me too hard,”
他日上堂我便都 抖搂出去
“I'll spill everything in court.”
“Mr. Zhang, please send this letter to the Nanjing Garrison Commander's Manor”
“Do not push me into a corner, or I will take all of you down with me.”
In Chinese legal and political conflicts, threatening to confess everything in court is a classic tactic used by subordinates to deter their masters from abandoning or silencing them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the future; another day
A slightly formal, written or dramatic spoken temporal marker referring to a future time when an event might occur.
to spill the beans; to leak/expose secrets completely
A vivid colloquial northern idiom meaning to air out dirty secrets or reveal hidden misdeeds.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why don't you go to court on behalf of me?”
“You always embarrass me in public.”
“That day in the court, we actually had the upper hand.”
“I worried you'd be nervous on stage. So I took you out to relax.”
“As if you attended court yourself today.”
“Pull up!”