何时轮到动用私刑?
“Since when does Yunzhong Prefecture allow vigilante justice?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
云中郡的规矩
“Since when does Yunzhong Prefecture allow vigilante justice?”
何时 轮到 动用私刑 ?
“Since when does Yunzhong Prefecture allow vigilante justice?”
(楚都)
“CAPITAL”
“You have absolutely no legal right or authority to torture anyone here.”
Invoking formal rules (规矩) against extrajudicial violence (私刑) is a standard rhetorical strategy in Chinese power struggles to morally disarm an opponent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since when is it one's turn to...; when did it become appropriate to...
A sharp rhetorical opening used to challenge someone's right, qualification, or status to do something.
lynching; unauthorized torture; extrajudicial punishment
Refers to taking the law into one's own hands, specifically through illegal corporal punishment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What right does the Heavenly Way Society have to abuse private justice?”
“Use of private punishment is wrong.”
“you dared to use torture!”