请陛下三思
“Please reconsider, Your Majesty.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“still can't bear to part with that half of the military power.”
请陛下 三思
“Please reconsider, Your Majesty.”
禀陛下
“Your Majesty.”
“You are making a terrible mistake, and you must stop before it is too late.”
In imperial China, upright officials were morally obligated to remonstrate (谏) against an emperor's poor decisions while maintaining strict linguistic deference.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to think twice / to deliberate carefully
Derived from the classical idiom '三思而后行', used when urging someone to reconsider a risky step.
I beg Your Majesty to reconsider
A quintessential court formula used by ministers to politely dissent from an imperial decision.