挟持无辜之人以作威胁
“Taking innocent people hostage to blackmail them,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“for Great Tang in subsequent negotiations.”
挟持无辜之人以作威胁
“Taking innocent people hostage to blackmail them,”
卑劣至此
“that's utterly despicable.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional Confucian ethics strongly condemn harming commoners for state advantage, upholding righteous virtue over ruthless political gain.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
holding innocent people hostage
A formal written or dramatic phrasing used when criticizing unethical abductions.
as a means of threat / to use as leverage
A classical connective structure meaning 'in order to serve as a threat'.