定是那长信王在背后搞的鬼
“It must be Prince Changxin behind this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“to repeatedly rob government grain convoys?”
定是 那长信王在背后 搞的鬼
“It must be Prince Changxin behind this.”
魏宣这个草包
“That fool Wei Xuan”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Imperial Chinese history is marked by covert sabotage between rival princes and ministers, where crimes like grain theft were often political chess moves rather than mere banditry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play dirty tricks behind someone's back
A highly idiomatic derogatory expression used when accusing someone of covert sabotage.
must be; bound to be
A classical, assertive contraction of '必定是' used to declare strong conviction.