都争着抢着 要从周姑姑那里买消息
“They all fight to buy information from Ms. Zhou.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们很多人都知道 有个温氏出手阔绰 又容易骗
“Many of them know you spend lavishly, and are easily deceived.”
都 争着抢着 要从周姑姑那里买消息
“They all fight to buy information from Ms. Zhou.”
五十贯
“Fifty guan, a hundred guan.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Senior palace servants often established lucrative side networks selling intelligence to anxious outsiders seeking court favor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scrambling eagerly; competing neck and neck
A vivid duplicate verb phrase indicating a chaotic rush where people compete aggressively for a scarce resource.
to buy intelligence or inside information
Commonly used in political or investigative dialogues regarding bribery and espionage.
