是想借题发挥
“Are you trying to make a big deal out of this”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“and intervene in this matter? What is your intention?”
是想 借题发挥
“Are you trying to make a big deal out of this”
还是想栽赃陷害
“or to frame someone?”
“I see right through your scheme to turn this incident against us.”
In Chinese political discourse, opponents rarely attack directly; they wait for an incidental pretext to launch a calculated offensive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to seize on an issue to make a fuss; to use a pretext
A common idiom used when someone exploits a minor topic to advance a hidden agenda.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“someone wants to take the opportunity”
“Some people used it to make a scene.”
“If someone twists the narrative or takes things out of context,”