你居然想着 从府里捞银子
“Yet you're thinking about siphoning money from the estate.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阖家悲痛之时
“and the whole family is grieving.”
你居然 想着 从府里 捞银子
“Yet you're thinking about siphoning money from the estate.”
来人 拖下去
“Guards. Drag him out,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In classical wealthy estates, attempting to illicitly extract wealth during clan tragedy was considered both a severe breach of household discipline and moral depravity, punishable by severe physical reprimand.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unexpectedly, to one's surprise, audaciously
Used as an adverb to emphasize shock or moral outrage at someone's unexpected audacity.
to skim money, to embezzle illicit silver/cash
A vivid historical/colloquial idiom describing corrupt or dishonest financial gains.
