江到海不仅要请宾客饮酒
“Jiang Daohai not only served liquor,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那日宴席上
“At that banquet,”
江到海 不仅要 请宾客饮酒
“Jiang Daohai not only served liquor,”
还要请他们服毒
“he had them take poison as well.”
“You think he was just hosting a normal banquet, but wait until you hear what he truly planned.”
Feasts in Chinese historical narratives often double as lethal ambushes (Hongmen Banquet), masking deadly intent under the guise of hospitable etiquette.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not only will/intends to
Forms the first half of a progressive sentence structure (不仅……还要……) emphasizing an escalation.
to drink alcohol / wine
A literary and formal equivalent of the colloquial '喝酒' (hējiǔ).