他们明里暗里地给他使绊子
“They tripped him openly and in secret.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“and became a thorn in many people's eyes.”
他们 明里暗里 地给他 使绊子
“They tripped him openly and in secret.”
父王
“As his father,”
“They are deliberately trying to ruin him by any means necessary, you must intervene.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and court dynamics, rivals rarely confront one another head-on; instead, they covertly 'trip up' opponents through administrative obstacles, petty sabotages, and subtle traps.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
both overtly and covertly; openly and secretly
Used to describe persistent actions conducted both publicly and behind the scenes.
to trip someone up; to sabotage someone discreetly
A highly colloquial, idiomatic metaphor derived from wrestling, describing underhanded tricks to make a rival fail.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“openly and covertly.”
“He kept hinting”
“We're in the light while our foes are lurking in the dark.”
“deliberately set a trap for me.”
“Don't let him fool you.”
“I managed to fob him off.”