这一定是栽赃嫁祸
“This has to be a set-up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
以纸包火吗
“asking to be caught?”
这一定是栽赃嫁祸
“This has to be a set-up.”
“But according to Prefect Gongsun,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Fabricating evidence to shift culpability onto an innocent party is a staple theme in Chinese legal history and court case fiction (Gong'an literature).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to plant evidence and frame someone; to shift blame maliciously
A common four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or dramatic contexts when claiming someone was set up.
must be; definitely is
Used to express strong certainty or conviction about a deduction.