你靠卖妹求荣求来的官
“Do you think you can keep the position”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
便是言大人和知府大人见了我 也得让我三分
“even Lord Yan and Prefect He will have to show me respect.”
你靠 卖妹求荣 求来的 官
“Do you think you can keep the position”
“after trading your sister for it?”
“You boast of your high rank, but you are nothing more than a shameless scoundrel who traded his sister for power.”
Confucian morality prioritizes family protection; trading a sibling's welfare for personal career advancement is condemned as the lowest moral transgression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
selling out one's sister to pursue personal glory or status
A sharp variation of the idiom '卖友求荣' (selling out friends for glory), used to condemn extreme opportunism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sacrificing his daughter for personal gain...”
“Tian Benchang, I know all about your trading your own sister for power and profiting from illicit foreign trade.”
“who couldn't act tough without his uniform.”
“Miss, take a look. Urgent hiring!”
“Zhao already has a fiancé.”
“and it's because of Zhao.”