还不是大唐的出家人
“and not a cleric of the Great Tang.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一个出家人
“He is a member of the clergy,”
还不是 大唐 的 出家人
“and not a cleric of the Great Tang.”
有些麻烦了
“That makes the matter complicated.”
“This is going to cause a diplomatic nightmare because our local laws do not simply apply.”
During the cosmopolitan Tang dynasty, foreign religious figures carried diplomatic sensitivities and were not treated under routine local penal codes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
monk / nun / Buddhist or Daoist monastic
A traditional term referring to anyone who has renounced worldly life to enter a monastic order.
what's more, (they) aren't even...
Used to introduce an escalating piece of bad news or a complicating factor.