你们就不想将凶手绳之以法吗
“would you not wish to see the culprit brought to justice?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
难道
“would you not wish to see the culprit brought to justice?”
你们就不想 将 凶手 绳之以法 吗
“would you not wish to see the culprit brought to justice?”
“You ought to help us catch the killer instead of complaining.”
Appealing to the desire to punish wrongdoing (绳之以法) leverages the traditional Confucian demand for cosmic order and righteous restitution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to bring to justice / to penalize according to law
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used in legal, police, or dramatic narratives about punishing criminals.
Forms a rhetorical question with an accusatory or persuasive edge.