《The Heir》 S1·E2 (23:34)
HSK 6
bù guò yǒu xiē shì qíng nán yǐ xuān zhī yú kǒu
不过有些事情 难以宣之于口
“But some things are hard to say out loud.”
《The Heir》
S1·E2
TIMECODE: 23:34
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
cóng jiāo lǎo bǎn nà ér ná dào huò cǐ huà dàng zhēn
“to get goods from Boss Jiao. Really?”
bù guò yǒu xiē shì qíng nán yǐ xuān zhī yú kǒu
CURRENT FOCUS
不过有些事情 难以宣之于口
“But some things are hard to say out loud.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
dǒng dǒng dǒng gū niáng gěi wǒ lái hú nǐ zhè ér zuì guì de shè xiàn lián xīn
懂懂懂 姑娘 给我来壶你这儿最贵的 歙县莲心
“I understand, I understand. Miss, give me a pot of your most expensive tea, the Shexian Lianxin Tea.”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
INDIRECT SOLICITATION
Tone:
TACTFUL
Emotion:
CAUTIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I won't give away this information for free; show me some sincerity or pay up first.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hanxu (Subtle Indirectness)
Traditional Chinese communication often avoids crude directness when negotiating leverage or asking for compensation, using elegant euphemisms to allow both parties to save face.
INTENT TAGS:
#indirect_request
#hedging
#hinting
#secrecy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
难以宣之于口
SPOKEN CHUNK
hard to put into words / inappropriate to disclose openly
A literary idiom used to convey that something is confidential, improper, or taboo to speak out loud in public.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《The Heir》 S1·E2 (23:34) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus