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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E20 (12:52) HSK 6
shàng gāng shàng xiàn hái hǎo wǒ men zhǎo dào le xiàn suǒ zhèng míng

上纲上线 还好我们找到了线索证明

“The plaintiff would definitely seize on that and blow it out of proportion. Good thing we found evidence”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 12:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zài xiǎng zhè xià wán le yuán gào kěn dìng zhuā zhù zhè ge jī huì bù fàng

“I thought we were done for. The plaintiff would definitely seize on that and blow it out of proportion.”

shàng gāng shàng xiàn hái hǎo wǒ men zhǎo dào le xiàn suǒ zhèng míng CURRENT FOCUS

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“The plaintiff would definitely seize on that and blow it out of proportion. Good thing we found evidence”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè bǎo xiǎn de bǎo jīn bú shì tā liǎ chū de yào bù rán zhēn dé qù mín yī tíng

这保险的保金不是他俩出的 要不然真得去民一庭

“that the insurance premium wasn't paid by them. Otherwise, we would've had to go to the First Civil Division”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: EXPRESSING RELIEF
Tone: RELIEVED
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Political-Origin Idioms in Modern Speech

Phrases like 'shang gang shang xian' originate from ideological movements but are now widely used in daily legal or corporate life to criticize someone for making mountains out of molehills.

INTENT TAGS: #relief #justification #evidence #narrow_escape
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
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to elevate minor issues to matters of principle or over-politicize

Use this idiom when someone is blowing an issue out of proportion or exaggerating flaws critically.

还好 SPOKEN CHUNK

fortunately; luckily

Commonly placed at the beginning of a clause to express relief after narrowly escaping a bad outcome.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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