那我们就没有不接招的道理
“we have no reason to refuse the move.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
摆在台面上
“openly on the board,”
那 我们 就没有 不接招 的道理
“we have no reason to refuse the move.”
先请这个二王子在大唐做做客
“Let us first host the Second Prince as a guest of Great Tang.”
“Since you dared to challenge us publicly, we will gladly play along and defeat you.”
When an issue is placed 'on the table' (摆在台面上), backing down causes significant loss of face, making a decisive response culturally obligatory.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to accept a challenge; to counter a move
Derived from martial arts (receiving a strike), commonly used metaphorically for meeting an intellectual or strategic challenge.
there is no reason not to...
A double-negative construction used to assert that taking an action is entirely justified, natural, or imperative.