可我再怎么改过 也架不住有人使了银子
“It's not up to me. There's someone bribing their ways,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就当好好改过
“strive to mend your ways.”
可我 再怎么 改过 也 架不住 有人 使了银子
“It's not up to me. There's someone bribing their ways,”
“hell-bent on smearing mud on me.”
“I tried my best to do right, but malicious people paid good money to destroy my name.”
A person's moral reputation (名声) in traditional society dictated their survival; claiming that rivals used bribes to destroy one's name is a standard plea of victimization.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no matter how much; regardless of how
Commonly placed before a verb to emphasize the futility of an effort.
unable to withstand; cannot hold up against
A vivid colloquial phrase expressing that one is overpowered by overwhelming external forces.
spent silver; used bribes/money
Historical/period drama vernacular for using financial bribes or paid influence to achieve an end.
Marks the completed action of money having already been spent to subvert the speaker's efforts.
