罪大恶极 听我令 格杀勿论
“His life is forfeit. On my command, cut him down on sight!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
此人假冒皇嗣
“He is an impostor.”
罪大恶极 听我令 格杀勿论
“His life is forfeit. On my command, cut him down on sight!”
禁军统领谋反
“Your commander has committed treason and been executed!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, commanders given special imperial authorization could invoke this order against mutineers or severe traitors without waiting for standard trial.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
guilty of monstrous crimes; heinous
A four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or legal contexts to denounce someone's atrocities.
kill on sight without question; execute summarily
A formal military and legal idiom commanding that offenders be slain immediately without waiting for judicial trial.
