MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E9 (09:27) HSK 5
nǐ xiān qǐ lái jué duì bù néng ràng duō jié sǐ zài wài miàn

你先起来 绝对不能让多杰 死在外面

“Please stand up. We absolutely cannot let Duojie die away from home.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 09:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhāng yuàn zhǎng bú yào zhè yàng xiān qǐ lái

“Director Zhang! Don't do this. Stand up first.”

nǐ xiān qǐ lái jué duì bù néng ràng duō jié sǐ zài wài miàn CURRENT FOCUS

你 先起来 绝对不能让 多杰 死在外面

“Please stand up. We absolutely cannot let Duojie die away from home.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ qiú qiú nǐ le zhāng yuàn zhǎng wǒ qiú qiú nǐ le cái rén a

我求求你了 张院长 我求求你了 才仁啊

“I beg you, Director Zhang. I beg you. Cairen.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: COMMANDING UNDER URGENCY
Tone: RESOLUTE AND URGENT
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Avoiding Death Away from Home (Luoye Guigen mindset)

In Chinese culture, dying outdoors or away from family is regarded as a profound tragedy, making the imperative to save or bring someone back exceptionally potent.

💡 Cultural Insight: Rejection of Kneeling Pleadings

Urging someone to stand up ('先起来') quickly defuses the extreme social gravity and emotional burden imposed by desperate kneeling or begging.

INTENT TAGS: #urgency #determination #saving_life #deescalation #imperative
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
先起来 SPOKEN CHUNK

get up first

Commonly used to stop someone from kneeling or begging so that practical matters can be addressed.

绝对不能 SPOKEN CHUNK

under no circumstances / must absolutely not

A strong double-negative phrasing used to express an unbreakable imperative or resolve.

死在外面 SPOKEN CHUNK

die outside / die far away from home

Used in high-stakes situations conveying the tragedy of someone losing their life in the wilderness or away from their community.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E9 (09:27) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus