他们不是最爱拿空穴来风的事情
“Do they not love pinning baseless talk”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
护国威
“nor the authority of the state protected.”
他们 不是 最爱拿 空穴来风 的事情
“Do they not love pinning baseless talk”
往楚楚身上扣吗
“on Chu Chu?”
“We all know how dirty they play—fabricating lies to pin blame on her is their signature move.”
Calling out external slander targeting an individual protects group reputation and shows moral solidarity against bad-faith attacks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it their favorite thing to do; don't they always love to
A rhetorical framing used to sarcastically highlight someone's habitual bad behavior.
groundless rumors; baseless claims
In modern colloquial Mandarin, this idiom almost universally describes rumors that appear out of nowhere without factual grounding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Nor do I like discussing pointless matters.”
“No wonder they love arguing on the blackboard.”
“Most of it is groundless rumor.”