若真是国法难容
“If the law truly cannot tolerate him,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
征儿
“Zheng.”
若 真是 国法难容
“If the law truly cannot tolerate him,”
还求你看在你们舅甥一场的分上
“I beg you, for the sake of your bond as uncle and nephew,”
“Even if this crime demands severe punishment, please spare him for the sake of our blood ties.”
Traditional Chinese imperial governance constantly negotiated tension between absolute state law and Confucian filial piety or familial loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
intolerable by state law; an unpardonable capital offense
A formal four-character idiom used in historical or legal contexts to describe acts that violate core national laws.