成名常常是身在其位，恰逢其时，仅此而已。

Fame is often simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

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这一寻租心理自上往下蔓延，每个人都在其位，谋其利。

This rent-seeking psychology is transmitted right down the bureaucratic chain, with each man taking a slice for himself.

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现在一切都乱套了——像个大棋盘，黑白双方混在一起，每枚子都不在其位。

Now, it's all confused - like a giant chessboard where the black and white armies have fused and pieces are on the wrong squares.

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