莫不是有什么见不得人的原因
“Could there be some unspeakable reason behind this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“is being withheld without cause by the Three Judicial Offices.”
莫不是 有什么 见不得人的 原因
“Could there be some unspeakable reason behind this?”
“They are deliberately hiding something corrupt, and you must punish them.”
Officials in imperial courts rarely accused opponents bluntly; instead, they framed questions to imply hidden disloyalty directly to the sovereign.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that; is it possible that
A rhetorical conjectural marker used in formal or dramatic speech to suggest a suspicious possibility.
shameful; illicit; unfit to see the light of day
A powerful colloquial idiom used to condemn actions or motives as morally tainted and secretive.