其罪罄竹难书
“and deceive the throne, his crimes too numerous to recount.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
内结奸党 构陷忠良 妄图独揽朝纲 欺君罔上
“By forming internal factions to purge the loyal, he sought to usurp power and deceive the throne, his crimes too numerous to recount.”
其罪 罄竹难书
“and deceive the throne, his crimes too numerous to recount.”
尤可痛者 魏家村一案 谢贼为谋私利
“Most abhorrent remains the tragedy at Wei Village, where for personal gain,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Before the invention of paper, historical records were written on bamboo slips; this ancient idiom conveys crimes so vast that all bamboo forests combined cannot record them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
too numerous to recount; inexhaustible list of heinous crimes
A formal classical idiom used almost exclusively to describe an overwhelming record of atrocities or wrongdoings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“His crimes are numerous! He disgraced his ancestors!”
“but the rest of the punishment cannot be avoided.”
“By law, he deserves death.”
“No crime is ever truly foolproof.”
“and report all his crimes to the throne”
“This is karma.”