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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E32 (13:41) HSK 6
xián zhàn zhēng zǒng shì dǎ bù wán

嫌战争总是打不完

“and the war never ends.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 13:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù shì yīn wèi tā men xián jūn fāng gān yù dé tài duō

就是因为他们嫌军方干预得太多

“It's exactly because they think the military interferes too much,”

xián zhàn zhēng zǒng shì dǎ bù wán CURRENT FOCUS

嫌战争总是 打不完

“and the war never ends.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wǒ huì yuàn yì wǎng lǐ tóu qián ma

“Then why would I want to invest money in it?”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: JUSTIFYING DECISION
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Endless conflict makes this a terrible and unacceptable investment risk.”
INTENT TAGS: #complaining #business considerations #investment risk #excuse for declining
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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打不完 SPOKEN CHUNK

never-ending fighting, endless conflict

Verb + 'bu wan' structure, indicating that an action continues endlessly or the quantity is too vast to be exhausted.

嫌... SPOKEN CHUNK

to dislike, complain about, or find something unsatisfactory

A common colloquial verb used to introduce the reason for a complaint or dissatisfaction, such as 'xian gui' (finding something too expensive) or 'xian mafan' (finding something too troublesome).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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