你们有几个脑袋 敢拿县主的性命冒险？
“How many lives do you have to risk Her Ladyship's life like this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Her Ladyship is very ill. By the time we return, she may already be gone.”
你们 有几个脑袋 敢拿县主的性命 冒险 ？
“How many lives do you have to risk Her Ladyship's life like this?”
“Don't you understand? Whoever granted Medical Officer Zhao access yesterday”
“You will be executed if anything happens to her, so get out of my way!”
The idiom 'how many heads do you have' directly reflects the historical practice of execution by decapitation for failing royal duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how many heads do you have (to lose)
A vivid rhetorical threat emphasizing that a person only has one life to lose by beheading.
to gamble with / to risk (something valuable)
Used when someone is recklessly endangering an important person or asset.
