你们如果不信 可以进宫问过
“If you don't believe us, go to the palace and ask.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Are you defying the imperial order? Letting her in would be defying it.”
你们 如果不信 可以 进宫问过
“If you don't believe us, go to the palace and ask.”
“Her Ladyship is very ill. By the time we return, she may already be gone.”
“Go ahead and try to verify it with the Emperor if you dare, but you will not get past me right now.”
In historical China, citing orders from the palace or challenging someone to verify with the court is a powerful bureaucratic and political power play.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if (you) do not believe (it)
A common conditional structure used to introduce proof or challenge a skeptic.
to enter the imperial palace
A historical term specifically denoting entering the royal palace grounds.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you don't believe me, ask Minister Guan.”
“If you don't believe me, you can simply refuse it.”
“why don't you go to the Empress Dowager's chamber yourself and ask?”