《How Dare You!?》 S1·E10 (33:09)
HSK 4
gěi wǒ men liú tiáo huó lù ba
给我们留条活路吧
“and leave us a way to live.”
《How Dare You!?》
S1·E10
TIMECODE: 33:09
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
qiú nín dà fā cí bēi
求您大发慈悲
“please show mercy”
gěi wǒ men liú tiáo huó lù ba
CURRENT FOCUS
给我 们 留条活路 吧
“and leave us a way to live.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zěn jiù méi yǒu huó lù le
怎就没有活路了
“How is there no way to live?”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
PLEADING FOR MERCY
Tone:
PLEADING
Emotion:
DESPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Not Backing Someone into a Corner (赶尽杀绝 vs. 留活路)
Traditional Chinese morality discourages driving opponents or subordinates to utter destruction, encouraging the powerful to leave a margin for survival.
INTENT TAGS:
#pleading
#begging_mercy
#appealing
#submissive
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
留条活路
SPOKEN CHUNK
leave a way to survive; show mercy
A common dramatic idiom used when begging someone powerful not to push you into total ruin.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the urgent plea into an earnest, desperate appeal for mercy.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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