亦或是将我患疳霉疮之症
“or spreading rumors”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还是京中安防
“the capital's security issues,”
亦或是 将 我患疳霉疮 之 症
“or spreading rumors”
大肆宣扬
“about my illness,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial Chinese politics, exposing or fabricating a humiliating venereal or skin disease was a potent weapon to ruin an official's reputation and moral standing.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that this is not a syphilis infection?”
“who believed they had a syphilis infection,”
“We came to investigate the syphilis infection,”
“If you were beaten by Zhao Senyao”
“you assumed he knew you had syphilis”
“that besides syphilis,”