因畏权而颠倒黑白
“I won't twist the truth out of fear of power.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But I am not blind to right and wrong. I won't twist the truth out of fear of power.”
因畏权而颠倒黑白
“I won't twist the truth out of fear of power.”
郑开
“Zheng Kai.”
“I may pick my battles, but I will never commit moral perjury just to please the powerful.”
Traditional Chinese political morality highly venerates officials who maintain moral clarity without pandering or sycophantically yielding to tyrant authorities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
reverse black and white; distort the truth
A common four-character idiom (chengyu) used to criticize someone for blatantly lying or misrepresenting facts.
fear authority / power
A formal, concise literary verb-object compound describing cowardice in the face of political might.