都怪那三法司
“Blame the Three Judicial Offices.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
嗓子怎么回事
“What is wrong with your voice?”
都怪那 三法司
“Blame the Three Judicial Offices.”
最近盯得紧
“They have been watching closely lately,”
“I'm exhausted and hoarse because those investigators won't leave me alone.”
In imperial China, cases referred to the Three Judicial Offices meant rigorous, high-stakes interrogation, inducing intense stress in suspects.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is all the fault of / blame it on
A very common conversational chunk used to assign fault or shift blame onto an external cause.
the Three Judicial Offices (historical supreme judiciary)
A historical term referring to the trio of high-level imperial justice ministries overseeing major cases.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and accuse the Three Judicial Offices from top to bottom, inside and out.”
“(The workload of the Three Judicial Offices is endless,)”
“Then the Three Judicial Offices will step in and reveal the truth”
“the Three Judicial Offices would have collapsed from all sides.”
“you're accustomed to the procedures of the Three Judicial Offices.”
“But the Three Judicial Offices are tight-lipped.”