更何谈通番这等滔天大罪
“let alone a crime as heinous as trading with foreign enemies.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Never once have we committed even a breach of trust,”
更何谈 通番这等滔天大罪
“let alone a crime as heinous as trading with foreign enemies.”
这包倭币 连同此人在内 定是有人刻意为之
“The pouch of Japanese coins, along with this man, must be a deliberate setup by someone”
“I haven't even broken minor promises, so claiming I committed treason is absurd and obviously a setup.”
In traditional imperial China, colluding with foreigners (通番) was categorized among the worst forms of treason, carrying collective punishment for entire extended families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let alone / much less to speak of
A formal, literary conjunction used to introduce an even more improbable or extreme case.
monstrous crime / heinous offense
A four-character idiom describing an unforgivable, catastrophic transgression.
