《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E29 (22:00)
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lǐ lùn shàng lái shuō shì zhè ge dào lǐ
理论上来说是这个道理
“In theory, this is true.”
《Fate Chooses You》
S1·E29
TIMECODE: 22:00
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
gū yīn bù shēng dú yáng bù zhǎng
“Yin alone cannot exist; Yang alone cannot grow.”
lǐ lùn shàng lái shuō shì zhè ge dào lǐ
CURRENT FOCUS
理论上来说 是 这个 道理
“In theory, this is true.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
dàn zhè shì shàng méi yǒu rén
但这世上没有人
“But no one in this world”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
CONCEDING BEFORE REBUTTAL
Tone:
OBJECTIVE
Emotion:
SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“That sounds nice on paper, but it will never actually work in the real world.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Concession and Face-Saving Rebuttal
Chinese conversational pragmatics favors validating the other party's logic first ('理论上来说是这个道理') before presenting a disagreement, preserving the interlocutor's face.
INTENT TAGS:
#concession
#hedging
#prelude_to_disagreement
#reasoning
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
理论上来说
SPOKEN CHUNK
theoretically speaking / in theory
Use this phrase at the start of a sentence when you want to signal that practical reality will contradict the textbook idea.
是这个道理
SPOKEN CHUNK
that makes sense / that is indeed the logic
A natural conversational chunk used to acknowledge that the other person's reasoning is sound.
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2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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