若真是这样 抗旨不遵又如何
“In that case, I'll have to disobey His Majesty.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为两国敦睦成全了元芜的心意 你难道还能抗旨不遵
“grants Yuan Wu's wish for the harmony between Beidai and our country, are you going to defy His Majesty?”
若 真是 这样 抗旨不遵 又如何
“In that case, I'll have to disobey His Majesty.”
小碗儿还说了
“Little Wan'er said one more thing!”
“I do not care about the emperor's orders; nothing will force me into this.”
In imperial China, an emperor's decree carried supreme legal authority, and disobeying it was treason punishable by execution of the offender and their entire clan.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to defy and disobey an imperial decree
A dramatic four-character idiom from historical drama, used figuratively in modern speech to mean openly defying supreme orders.
so what; what does it matter
A rhetorical device expressing defiance, dismissiveness, or indifference to prospective consequences.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you defying the imperial order? Letting her in would be defying it.”
“intends to disobey the decree?”
“dare not defy an imperial decree”
“If you really disobey,”
“Since that is the case,”
“Is this really fate's arrangement?”