你在药肆藏匿这么久
“You hid in a pharmacy for so long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们就拿你没办法
“means we cannot deal with you?”
你 在 药肆 藏匿这么久
“You hid in a pharmacy for so long.”
“You don't walk out of the Three Judicial Offices'”
“Did you really think hiding in a medicine shop would protect you from our torture?”
In traditional China, Sanfasi represented the highest imperial judicial authority; being taken to their dungeons carried a cultural connotation of inescapable interrogation and torture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
apothecary; traditional medicine shop
An archaic/literary term equivalent to modern 中药店 (traditional pharmacy).
to hide; to conceal oneself
A formal and legal term for hiding, especially when avoiding capture by authorities.