They can conspire against each other, and they can hit on each other's wives and mistresses.

他们可以相互勾结,并且和别人的妻子或情妇打情骂俏

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But the point was that they could be watched, that they're not going to-- they can chase each other's wives and mistresses around, and they can eat big drunken meals.

但重要的是他们可以监视这些贵族,以免有人会［谋反］,他们可以调戏或勾引别人的妻子或情妇,他们可以大摆筵席,不醉不归

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And, so, you had this rather odd situation where instead of dogs guarding their masters or mistresses, you had the masters and mistresses guarding the dogs against people who would take the dogs and, unfortunately, kill them and eat them.

真是因为如此,产生了一种奇怪的现象,通常情况下是狗来守护主人的,而现在呢,主人必须时时刻刻保护自己的狗,以免被人抓去宰了吃

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