说要挂冠归隐
“wishing to resign and retire.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
昨日公输仰来了
“Gongshu Yang came yesterday,”
说要 挂冠归隐
“wishing to resign and retire.”
把一个平日里 不疾不徐的读书人 逼到此般田地
“To pressure a typically unhurried scholar to such extremity”
“Things have gotten so bad that even he cannot endure serving anymore.”
In imperial Chinese tradition, a virtuous official would resign (挂冠) and live as a hermit rather than compromise their integrity in a corrupt or dangerous court.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to resign from official post and live in seclusion
A classical idiom derived from hanging up one's official headwear, commonly used to describe noble resignation from corrupt politics.