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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E7 (02:13) HSK 4
dàn zhǐ shì zhè yàng hái bù gòu a

但只是这样还不够啊

“But this alone is not enough.”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 02:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hěn hǎo

很好

“Good.”

dàn zhǐ shì zhè yàng hái bù gòu a CURRENT FOCUS

但只是这样还不够啊

“But this alone is not enough.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù zhī zhǔ rén

不知主人

“May I ask, Master,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: EXPRESSING DISSATISFACTION
Tone: DEMANDING
Emotion: GREED
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not celebrate yet; we must go much further.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Insatiable Power Dynamics

In master-servant storytelling tropes, superiors rarely offer complete praise without immediately demanding escalating loyalty and harsher measures.

INTENT TAGS: #demanding_more #dissatisfaction #urging #expectation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
只是这样 SPOKEN CHUNK

merely like this; only to this extent

Used to downplay or qualify an achievement as minimal or preliminary.

还不够 SPOKEN CHUNK

still not enough; insufficient

A versatile phrase used to express high expectations or unmet requirements.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the command slightly into a reflective sigh while emphasizing the speaker's lingering dissatisfaction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 9 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E7 (02:13) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus