非要以卵击石出兵交州
“and sends troops to Jiaozhou,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
非要 以卵击石 出兵交州
“and sends troops to Jiaozhou,”
我大唐绝不畏惧
“Great Tang will not fear it.”
“If they are foolish enough to wage a suicidal war against us, we will crush them without hesitation.”
Imperial Chinese statecraft framed unauthorized aggression against the empire as suicidal folly ('an egg against a stone'), justifying harsh imperial counter-offensives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to insist stubbornly on doing something; to be bent on
Used to express disapproval or exasperation regarding someone's stubborn and unreasonable persistence.
to strike a stone with an egg; to court self-destruction
A vivid classical idiom describing a hopeless, suicidal action against an overwhelmingly stronger opponent.
to dispatch troops; to launch an offensive
A standard historical and formal term for mobilizing armed forces into battle.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you are certain Jiaozhou would not dare send troops.”
“With that, I have a reason to attack Jiaozhou”
“Jiaozhou is sending troops.”
“Why has the Jiaozhou army not gone out to meet them?”
“He cannot yet mobilize Jiaozhou's troops,”
“The imperial court also neglects Jiaozhou.”