景少卿可以如此
“Vice Minister Jing could comply,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The Great Tang's laws apply equally to all.”
景少卿 可以如此
“Vice Minister Jing could comply,”
“If he can follow the rules, so can you—don't think you are an exception.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and imperial culture, citing peer compliance under the guise of uniform law is a tactful yet potent way to enforce obedience without provoking open conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can act in this way / may do so
A formal and concise way to state that a specific course of action is permissible or standard.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Vice Minister Jing has always lived a life of comfort.”
“Vice Minister Jing must be drunk by now.”
“Vice Minister Jing,”
“Vice Minister Jing, though you're a suspect,”
“might stir”
“Isn't Vice Minister Jing deeply devoted to his wife?”