还是有人趁机沽名钓誉
“or someone was taking the opportunity to gain fame”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今天这事 不论是太医署能力不足
“I don't care if what happened was due to the incompetence of the Imperial Medical Office”
还是 有人 趁机 沽名钓誉
“or someone was taking the opportunity to gain fame”
抑或是有人 想要借机谋害皇子
“or someone was taking the opportunity to murder the young prince.”
“Someone is using this emergency purely to boost their own reputation.”
In imperial China, medical failures or innovations were frequently politicized by rival factions as treacherous power plays.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to seize the opportunity / to take advantage of an occasion
Often carries a negative connotation implying opportunistic exploitation of a crisis.
to fish for fame and credit / to seek unwarranted reputation
A formal idiom used to censure people who pursue superficial prestige dishonestly.
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.”
“Not everyone who's famous deserves it,”