好补足自己买官的钱
“to raise the money he needs to buy the post.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他八成要借着你的嫁妆 将那批通番墨运出去
“He's probably going to use your dowry to smuggle that batch of contraband ink out,”
好 补足 自己 买官的钱
“to raise the money he needs to buy the post.”
华儿 你想
“Ronghua, think about it.”
“He doesn't care about you at all—he is just using your dowry to buy power.”
Historically, corrupt individuals or desperate governments allowed offices to be purchased with silver, often driving schemers to exploit marital dowries to fund their political ascent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in order to make up for / so as to cover the deficit
Connects an action to a subsequent self-serving purpose or financial requirement.
buying an official post / simony
Historical term referring to the corrupt purchase of imperial government offices.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He's making up the difference. And I don't have to deal with the rest.”
“and don't know how to make it up to you.”
“But what about the money that still hasn't been raised?”
“This is to pay some of the money Sun Jinfu owed.”
“How do you want me to compensate?”
“How am I supposed to fix this now?”