《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E12 (12:01)
HSK 7
dà nàn lín tóu
大难临头
“but when disaster strikes…"”
《Veil of Shadows》
S1·E12
TIMECODE: 12:01
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
fū qī běn shì tóng lín niǎo
“"Husband and wife are like birds from the same forest,”
dà nàn lín tóu
CURRENT FOCUS
大难临头
“but when disaster strikes…"”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yì qǐ fēi
一起飞
“They fly away together.”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
COMPLETING PROVERB
Tone:
GRAVE
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We are facing total ruin right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Idiom Inversion (Subverting Traditional Cynicism)
The traditional proverb warns that couples fly apart when disaster strikes ('各自飞'); here, the partners deliberately twist it into staying together ('一起飞').
INTENT TAGS:
#crisis_alert
#idiom_completion
#framing
#testing_loyalty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
大难临头
SPOKEN CHUNK
facing imminent catastrophe; on the verge of disaster
Use this idiom to describe a severe, unavoidable crisis that is about to strike.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E12 (12:01) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus