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《Unveil: Jadewind》 S1·E5 (11:56) HSK 7
huó gāi tā nà ge yàng zi lián wǒ dōu xiǎng zòu tā

活该 他那个样子 连我都想揍他

“Serves him right. Even I wanted to hit him.”

《Unveil: Jadewind》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 11:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì yǒu rén gù yì bǎ hán xiào de sǐ yǐn dào hú dá shēn shàng

“Someone's trying to pin Hanxiao's death on Hu Da.”

huó gāi tā nà ge yàng zi lián wǒ dōu xiǎng zòu tā CURRENT FOCUS

活该 他 那个 样子 连我都 想 揍他

“Serves him right. Even I wanted to hit him.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kěn dìng dé zuì le bù shǎo rén shén me jiè rén qián cái a ?

肯定得罪了不少人 什么借人钱财啊?

“He must've made a lot of enemies. He says he helps people out with loans,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: EXPRESSING CONTEMPT
Tone: BLUNT
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He had it coming, so nobody is going to feel sorry that he got framed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Karmic Retribution (Yingguo Baoying)

In Chinese social cognition, obnoxious behavior naturally attracts hostility, leading people to view someone's misfortune as deserved retribution rather than purely unprovoked tragedy.

INTENT TAGS: #gloating #criticism #dismissal #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
活该 SPOKEN CHUNK

serves someone right / to get what one deserves

A very common colloquial expression used to express that someone's misfortune is entirely their own fault.

连我都想 SPOKEN CHUNK

even I feel like...

Used as an emphatic construction to emphasize how extreme or provocative a situation is.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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