二王子咽得下这口气
“Second Prince, you may be able to withstand it,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
休想和谈
“unless they're willing to give us an account!”
二王子咽得下这口气
“Second Prince, you may be able to withstand it,”
臣和手里的兵
“but my soldiers and I”
“You might be willing to suffer this disgrace, but we soldiers refuse to roll over.”
In martial and political rhetoric, 'swallowing one's breath' (yan qi) denotes capitulation and disgrace, whereas voicing indignation maintains collective warrior honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can swallow this insult / put up with this humiliation
A vivid spoken idiom used when questioning someone's willingness to accept blatant mistreatment or insult without fighting back.