绝不株连你九族
“I won't implicate your entire family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我答应你
“I promise you”
绝不株连你九族
“I won't implicate your entire family.”
世子爷
“Young Master Ye.”
“I am sparing your entire family line, so you had better cooperate fully.”
A brutal imperial legal principle where the capital crimes of one individual resulted in the systematic extermination of their extended family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely not, under no circumstances
An emphatic negative adverb used to declare firm resolution or an absolute solemn promise.
execution of nine generations/degrees of kinship
A historical legal idiom designating the ultimate collective familial punishment under imperial dynastic law.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it could implicate your entire clan.”
“would have been exterminated.”
“even the execution of nine relations wouldn't be enough.”
“Selling imperial gifts is punishable by the extermination of an entire clan.”
“a crime punishable by the extermination of your entire clan!”
“and won't make things difficult for the clan elders.”