你们要是判不离的话
“If you refuse to grant it,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不离也得离
“whether it has to happen or not.”
你们 要是 判 不 离 的话
“If you refuse to grant it,”
我今天就住在法院里不走了
“I will stay here in the courthouse and never leave.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese family courts traditionally prioritize family stability and frequently decline first-time contested divorce petitions, often driving desperate litigants to extreme protests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rule against granting a divorce
A legal colloquial shorthand referring to a civil judge's decision to deny a divorce petition.
if / in case that
The standard conditional frame in spoken Chinese for setting terms or issuing ultimatums.
Part of the conditional structure '要是...的话', framing the scenario as a hypothetical premise.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“could you not grant the divorce?”
“could you not grant the divorce? My client really doesn't want one.”
“Sentence me if you want, okay?”
“If you don't agree to this,”
“Sentence me however you want.”
“As I said, there's no way the court is going to grant a divorce.”