既然尔等铁了心要兵戎相见
“Since you are set on taking up arms,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
免了
“Enough.”
既然 尔 等 铁了心 要 兵戎 相见
“Since you are set on taking up arms,”
那便战
“then we fight.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese martial ethics, attributing the responsibility of starting violence to the adversary establishes moral righteousness (Dayi) before combat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
resolutely determined; set one's mind firmly
Used to describe someone who is stubbornly committed to a course of action and cannot be dissuaded.
meet on the battlefield; resort to arms
A formal idiom used in serious conflict or historical contexts to describe engaging in armed hostilities.