就是擅离职守
“it's desertion.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“he died for the country. If he doesn't die on the battlefield,”
就是 擅离职守
“it's desertion.”
“No excuses matter; by the letter of the law, he is guilty of desertion.”
In Chinese institutional culture, rigid adherence to military regulations (fa) is often leveraged to suppress emotional pleas or extenuating circumstances (qing).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to leave one's post without authorization; dereliction of duty
A formal, legalistic four-character idiom frequently used in military, administrative, or disciplinary contexts to denote abandonment of duty.