这事已经定性了
“This matter has already been settled.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
翻案
“Overturn the case?”
这事 已经 定性了
“This matter has already been settled.”
那个兵在哪儿
“Where is that soldier?”
“Drop it; the decision has been made by higher-ups and you cannot change it.”
In Chinese administrative and legal culture, once an event is given an official political or legal characterization ('dingxing'), it carries systemic finality and is extremely perilous to challenge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to classify officially; to determine the legal/political nature of an act
A heavy bureaucratic term denoting an irreversible verdict or official classification by authority figures.
already...
The standard grammatical frame to express completed states and convey irreversibility.
Functions as a sentence-final particle signaling a completed change of state and definitive finality.
