都死到临头了还在狡辩
“Still making excuses when death is at your doorstep.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不关我事
“I had nothing to do with it.”
都 死到临头 了 还在狡辩
“Still making excuses when death is at your doorstep.”
你真以为你能活着走出宗正寺吗
“Do you really think you'll leave the Imperial Clan Court alive?”
“Stop lying to save yourself; your fate is already sealed.”
In traditional Chinese legal culture, refusing to confess when evidence was overwhelming was seen as obstinate defiance, often inviting harsher moral condemnation and physical punishment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be at death's door; facing imminent disaster
A dramatic four-character idiom used when someone is about to face severe punishment or ruin, often because of their own wrongdoing.
to quibble; to make lame excuses
carries a strong negative connotation, used to accuse someone of twisting facts to defend their guilt.
already... and yet still...
A high-frequency emphatic structure used to express disbelief or frustration that someone persists in an action despite extreme circumstances.
Pairs with '都' (already) to emphasize that an extreme state has been reached, heightening the speaker's impatience.
