宗法不可废 族规不可违
“the ancestral laws cannot be discarded, and the clan rules cannot be violated.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
言大人
“Lord Yan,”
宗法不可废 族规不可违
“the ancestral laws cannot be discarded, and the clan rules cannot be violated.”
“I'm sorry. Please forgive me, My Lord.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional China, clan law and lineage ethics often held legal and moral authority equivalent to state laws, serving as absolute behavioral standards.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must not be abolished or discarded
A classical four-character structure used in formal or literary contexts to stress that a rule or tradition cannot be abandoned.
must not be violated or disobeyed
A high-register phrase used when emphasizing that rules, orders, or ancestral traditions are non-negotiable.
