就先命其归家医治
“he is to return home for treatment.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“so before judgment is passed,”
就 先 命其归家 医治
“he is to return home for treatment.”
可是
“But”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional imperial Chinese legal procedure, allowing an ailing suspect to receive medical care at home before sentencing was a formalized clemency measure to prevent custodial deaths.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to return home for medical treatment
A formal, semi-classical four-character phrase suitable for official, administrative, or period-drama contexts.
order him/her to
A classical written structure equivalent to spoken 'let him' or 'order him', common in formal decrees and legal records.
