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《COURT!》 S1·E20 (42:08) HSK 6
jīn qián zhēn de kě yǐ fěn shì tài píng

金钱真的可以粉饰太平

“(Money can really smooth things over.)”

《COURT!》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 42:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xīn kǔ

辛苦

“Thank you.”

jīn qián zhēn de kě yǐ fěn shì tài píng CURRENT FOCUS

金钱 真的可以 粉饰太平

“(Money can really smooth things over.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lí hūn zhè me nào xīn de shì

“(Even something as troubling as divorce)”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: EXPRESSING CYNICISM
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: CYNICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It is grotesque how throwing cash at a disaster makes everyone pretend everything is fine.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Surface Harmony vs. Material Settlement

In contemporary Chinese domestic and civil disputes, financial compensation is frequently utilized as a pragmatic tool to suppress open discord and maintain external decorum.

INTENT TAGS: #cynicism #criticism #disillusionment #observation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
粉饰太平 SPOKEN CHUNK

to whitewash reality; present a false facade of peace

A formal four-character idiom often adapted into spoken Chinese to criticize superficial harmony.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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