等风声过了 再行起复
“Once things blow over, you can return to your post.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“go back to your hometown and rest for a few days.”
等 风声过了 再行起复
“Once things blow over, you can return to your post.”
“Since the Senior Grand Secretary has said so,”
“Keep quiet and retreat for now so this scandal doesn't burn us; I promise to bring you back once it's safe.”
In dynastic China, disgraced officials often retreated to their hometowns as a tactical face-saving pause before patrons at court restored their ranks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
once the storm/rumors pass
Commonly used in both ancient and modern Chinese to refer to laying low until scrutiny or police attention dies down.
reinstate to official post again later
An archaic bureaucratic legal term specifically referring to restoring an official who had previously stepped down.