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《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E20 (32:40) HSK 7
yǐ è zhì è nà dōu shì è

以恶制恶 那都是恶

“Evil against evil, it is evil nonetheless.”

《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 32:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN - nà yǔ nà xiē tān guān hé yì ? - jìng zhōu shì zi

“How is that any different from those corrupt officials? The scholars of Jingzhou…”

yǐ è zhì è nà dōu shì è CURRENT FOCUS

以恶制恶 那都是恶

“Evil against evil, it is evil nonetheless.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bù dǒng shén me guī jǔ bù guī jǔ wǒ zhǐ zhī dào tì bǎi xìng shēn yuān

我 不懂什么规矩不规矩 我只知道 替百姓伸冤

“I do not care about the rules. I only know that those who seek justice for the people”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REBUKING
Tone: CATEGORICAL
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop pretending you are noble; your dirty methods make you just as wicked as the corrupt officials.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Absolutism vs. Pragmatic Justice

Reflects the long-standing debate in Chinese ethical thought between strict Confucian moral integrity and Legalist or pragmatic realpolitik.

INTENT TAGS: #moral_rebuke #condemnation #dismissal #philosophical_challenge
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
以恶制恶 SPOKEN CHUNK

fighting fire with fire; countering evil with evil

Used to describe using immoral, violent, or ruthless methods to defeat a wicked opponent.

那都是 SPOKEN CHUNK

all of that is simply; that is nothing but

An emphatic spoken device used to dismiss nuances and reduce the entire issue to one clear judgment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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