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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E21 (28:34) HSK 4
duō shǎo zàng huó lèi huó

多少脏活累活

“Do you think the Prefect of Capital”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E21
TIMECODE: 28:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bì wú kě bì

“I can't.”

duō shǎo zàng huó lèi huó CURRENT FOCUS

多 少 脏活累活

“Do you think the Prefect of Capital”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zhè jīng zhào fǔ de fǔ yǐn néng bì dé guò qù ma

“can dodge all the dirty and exhausting work?”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: EXPRESSING RESIGNATION
Tone: WEARY
Emotion: EXHAUSTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I get stuck handling all the terrible jobs that nobody else wants.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Official Hardship and Inescapable Duty

Serving as a local imperial magistrate often entailed handling tedious civil conflicts and enforcement tasks that higher aristocrats avoided.

INTENT TAGS: #lamenting #burden #exhaustion #complaint
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
脏活累活 SPOKEN CHUNK

dirty and grueling chores / thankless grunt work

A very common colloquial collocation used to describe unpleasant, demanding tasks nobody wants to do.

多少 SPOKEN CHUNK

so much / so many

Used exclamatorily to emphasize an immense quantity or extent of something negative or burdensome.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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