发生这种事 我自然脱不了干系
“Naturally, I am to be suspected.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这承恩宫 毕竟是我的宫院
“Cheng'en Palace is bestowed upon me.”
发生这种事 我自然 脱不了干系
“Naturally, I am to be suspected.”
佩仪若要查我 我自会知无不言
“If you have any questions, I will tell you everything I know.”
“I admit this looks bad on my watch, but I am open to scrutiny because I have nothing to hide.”
In traditional Chinese bureaucratic and court hierarchies, the master or steward of a residence bears supervisory responsibility for any crime occurring under their roof, regardless of direct guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot escape responsibility; cannot avoid being implicated
A standard idiomatic phrase used to admit unavoidable implication or blame regarding a mishap.
now that such a thing has happened
A contextual framing phrase used to transition into managing the consequences of a problem.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't absolve myself from this.”
“- It happens. - [Carl] Well, not to her.”
“This matter originally didn't have much to do with me.”