是你去府衙状告的李家 是吧 是又如何
“you went to the prefectural office to report the Li family, didn't you? So what if I did?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
田本昌
“Tian Benchang,”
是你去府衙状告的李家 是吧 是又如何
“you went to the prefectural office to report the Li family, didn't you? So what if I did?”
我知道你去军营里找了俞大勇
“I know you went to the military camp to find Yu Dayong.”
“Yes, I did it to destroy you, and I am not afraid of whatever you try next.”
Using '是又如何' strips away all conventional politeness and face-saving, marking a point of no return in personal or clan rivalry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lodge an official complaint against
A formal and judicial term used for bringing accusations to legal authorities.
and what if it is? / so what?
A blunt, confrontational rhetorical chunk expressing brazen defiance after an accusation.
Used in the quoted premise to seek confirmation or express strong presumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your Li family has a traitor within.”
“and won't wrong our Li family.”
“ordered you to frame the Li family? I'll talk.”
“and I must give the Li family an explanation.”
“Your Li family is deeply involved with him. Based on this alone,”
“the Zhang family treated the Li family badly? What are they talking about?”