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《Light to the Night》 S1·E17 (28:31) HSK 7
qīng diǎn yào bù dé - yào bù dé - zài xuān yáng fēng jiàn mí xìn

轻点 要不得 - 要不得 - 再宣扬封建迷信

“Don't be so rough. Please. - Don't be so rough. - Spread superstitions again”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 28:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lái ma nǐ

来嘛你

“Come.”

qīng diǎn yào bù dé - yào bù dé - zài xuān yáng fēng jiàn mí xìn CURRENT FOCUS

轻点 要不得 - 要不得 - 再宣扬 封建迷信

“Don't be so rough. Please. - Don't be so rough. - Spread superstitions again”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN - mǎ shàng dài nǐ zǒu - qīng diǎn

“- and I will arrest you. - Don't be so rough.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: WARNING AND PROHIBITING
Tone: COMMANDING
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take it easy! No way, stop spreading superstitious nonsense, or you're coming with us right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Propagating feudal superstition (xuan yang feng jian mi xin)

In the context of modern Chinese law and society, organizing or propagating feudal superstitious activities is considered an illegal act that disrupts social order, subject to ban and administrative penalties by law enforcement authorities.

INTENT TAGS: #warning to stop #enforcement arrest #begging for mercy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
要不得 SPOKEN CHUNK

unacceptable; no good; intolerable (commonly used in Southwestern Mandarin or colloquial speech to express firm negation)

Used colloquially to express strong objection, disapproval, or to indicate that a certain behavior is completely unacceptable.

封建迷信 SPOKEN CHUNK

feudal superstition (referring to backward superstitious ideas and practices such as fortune-telling, divination, and shamanic rituals)

A fixed phrase in policy and legal contexts, frequently paired with verbs like 'xuan yang' (propagate) or 'gao' (engage in).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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