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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E18 (06:49) HSK 3
nán rén yuè shì wèi gāo quán zhòng jiù yuè shì sān qī sì qiè

男人越是位高权重 就越是三妻四妾

“The more powerful a man is, the more wives and concubines he has.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 06:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà yòu zěn me yàng

那又怎么样

“So what?”

nán rén yuè shì wèi gāo quán zhòng jiù yuè shì sān qī sì qiè CURRENT FOCUS

男人 越是 位高权重 就 越是 三妻四妾

“The more powerful a man is, the more wives and concubines he has.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chén jiā yòu shì dà zhái mén

陈家又是大宅门

“The Chen family is a large established household.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: GIVING ADVICE
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop being naive; powerful men will never stay faithful to just one woman.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polygyny in Traditional Society (妻妾制度)

In historical China, wealthy and powerful men routinely took multiple concubines as a display of status and to ensure lineage, making marital exclusivity rare in prominent clans.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #pragmatic_advice #disillusionment #social_reality
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
位高权重 SPOKEN CHUNK

holding high position and great power

A set four-character idiom describing individuals with immense political or social authority.

三妻四妾 SPOKEN CHUNK

multiple wives and concubines

An idiom referring to polygamy in traditional China, often used figuratively to describe a man having many lovers.

越是……就越是…… SPOKEN CHUNK

the more..., the more...

A correlative structure used to emphasize a proportional or inevitable causal relationship.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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