《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E21 (07:48)
HSK 2
dàn shì dé ràng tā chī diǎn kǔ tóu
但是得让他吃点苦头
“but he'll have to suffer a bit.”
《The Imperial Coroner》
S2·E21
TIMECODE: 07:48
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
néng jiù jǐng yì
能救景翊
“to save Jing Yi,”
dàn shì dé ràng tā chī diǎn kǔ tóu
CURRENT FOCUS
但是 得 让 他 吃点苦头
“but he'll have to suffer a bit.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ shì shuō
你是说
“Are you saying”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
STIPULATING CONDITIONS
Tone:
STERN
Emotion:
RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I will help, but not before he pays for his arrogance.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Corrective Suffering (Chiku)
In Chinese culture, suffering hardship is often viewed as a necessary moral corrective or pedagogical tool before one deserves redemption.
INTENT TAGS:
#conditional_help
#retribution
#teaching_a_lesson
#insistence
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
吃苦头
SPOKEN CHUNK
to suffer hardship; to learn a lesson the hard way
A very common idiomatic spoken expression meaning to undergo hardship, punishment, or painful consequences.
得
SPOKEN CHUNK
must; have to (pronounced děi)
Used before verbs in spoken Chinese to express necessity or obligation.
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2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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