May 10 00:47
14 days ago
Chinese汉语 term

借善

Chinese汉语译成English英语 艺术/文学 诗词与文学 Literature
而尤其使这矛盾尖锐化的,是吴老太爷的真正虔奉《太上感应篇》,完全不同于上海的借善骗钱的“善棍”.

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used charity (activities) to

借善骗钱
used charity to to swindle people's money

借善骗钱的“善棍”
a "charity thief" who used charity to swindle people's money
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42分钟

through philanthropic activities

借善 = 藉(借)由慈善活动 = 通过慈善活动 = through philanthropic activities.

The paragraph sounds like an excerpt from novelist 矛盾‘s 子夜 Midnight. The novel was written in the 1930s, when modern vernacular Chinese was still in the middle of development. So many condensed terms from classical Chinese were used.
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on the excuse of good

What particularly intensifies the conflict is that the way the Old Lord Wu treats the Perception of the Supreme with reverence is completely different from the "villains of good" in Shanghai, who swindle money on the excuse of good.

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