既然你已经上了这艘船
“Since you have decided to join us,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“is merely obeying your grandfather's orders.”
既然 你已经 上了 这艘船
“Since you have decided to join us,”
“there is absolutely no turning back.”
“You are tied to my fate now, so forget about trying to back out.”
In Chinese political and strategic thinking, being 'on the same boat' signifies that individual betrayal leads to mutual destruction, enforcing absolute factional loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to board this ship / to be in the same boat / committed to an enterprise
A common idiom meaning entering a shared, risky venture where all parties sink or swim together.
since / now that
Used at the start of a clause to establish a premise or accomplished fact.