我们没法把他缉拿归案
“We can neither arrest him”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可他是南赵人
“But he is from Nanzhao.”
我们没法把他缉拿归案
“We can neither arrest him”
更不能用大唐的律法
“nor punish these criminals”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historically, legal conflicts involving foreign nationals involved intricate tributary protocols and distinct jurisdictional limits.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bring to justice / arrest and bring in
A formal, legal idiom used when referring to capturing fugitives or criminals.
have no way / unable to
Widely used in spoken Chinese to express impossibility or a lack of options.