《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15 (36:14)
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nǐ men zhōng guó yě yǒu yī jù lèi sì de huà qiān lǐ zhī dī
你们中国也有一句类似的话 千里之堤
“China has a similar saying, "A long dike collapses"”
《The Glamorous Night》
S1·E15
TIMECODE: 36:14
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
dōu shì cóng nèi bù kāi shǐ de
都是从内部开始的
“"All collapses start from within."”
nǐ men zhōng guó yě yǒu yī jù lèi sì de huà qiān lǐ zhī dī
CURRENT FOCUS
你们中国 也有 一句 类似的 话 千里之堤
“China has a similar saying, "A long dike collapses"”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
kuì yú yǐ xué
溃于蚁穴
“"from an ant hole."”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
QUOTING IDIOM
Tone:
PERSUASIVE
Emotion:
SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Look at the small cracks around you—disaster is about to happen if you don't act.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Paired Proverb Completion (Chengyu Splitting)
In Chinese discourse, speakers often recite only the first half of a well-known proverb, allowing the conversational partner to complete it, creating rapport and mutual intellectual alignment.
INTENT TAGS:
#persuasion
#cultural_allusion
#warning
#metaphor
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
千里之堤
SPOKEN CHUNK
a dike of a thousand li (first half of a famous idiom)
Typically paired with '溃于蚁穴' to illustrate how tiny vulnerabilities can destroy a massive system.
类似的话
SPOKEN CHUNK
a similar saying / similar words
A useful conversational phrase for comparing expressions, concepts, or proverbs across different cultures.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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