通番之事明明是你是主谋 本盛
“you are clearly the mastermind behind the illicit foreign trade! Bensheng!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你还是不是个人啊 你撒谎 田本昌
“Are you even human? You are lying! Tian Benchang,”
通番之事 明明是你 是 主谋 本盛
“you are clearly the mastermind behind the illicit foreign trade! Bensheng!”
那文书上都是你的落印签字 你还要狡辩到什么时候
“Those documents all bear your seal and signature. How long will you keep denying it?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, unauthorized contact or trade with foreign or barbarian groups was severely punished as a capital crime against dynastic security.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
colluding with foreign tribes or illicit trade with foreigners
A historical legal term denoting severe treasonous commerce or conspiracy.
mastermind; chief conspirator
Used in formal or legal contexts to point out the principal instigator of a crime.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the news about the Tian family's illicit foreign trade has spread in Nanjing.”
“Doing foreign trade is a capital crime.”
“let alone a crime as heinous as trading with foreign enemies.”
“No one would believe that he could have concealed his involvement”
“But what does that have to do with their illicit foreign trade? Ever since Wenqian”
“Doing illicit foreign trade requires connections at every step of the process.”