若他一意孤行
“If he insists on his own course”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您也回去转告南赵王
“return and inform the King of Nanzhao.”
若 他 一意孤行
“If he insists on his own course”
“and sends troops to Jiaozhou,”
“Tell your king that if he stubbornly rushes into war, we will crush him.”
Framing an adversary's actions as obstinacy justifies defensive military action under the traditional Chinese doctrine of righteous warfare.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
act obstinately; insist on doing things one's own way regardless of advice
A formal idiom used to describe someone who stubbornly refuses counsel and invites disaster.