《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35 (08:49)
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hǔ dú shàng qiě bù shí zi
虎毒尚且不食子
“Even a vicious tiger won't eat its own cubs.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E35
TIMECODE: 08:49
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
kàn nǐ huí qù zěn me gēn nà ge fēng zi jiāo dài
“Let's see how you explain that to that madman!”
hǔ dú shàng qiě bù shí zi
CURRENT FOCUS
虎毒尚且不食子
“Even a vicious tiger won't eat its own cubs.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ lián zì jǐ qīn ér zi dōu yào shā
“You'd even kill your own son.”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
MORAL CONDEMNATION
Tone:
SCATHING
Emotion:
DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are worse than a savage animal for doing this to your own flesh and blood.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Filial Devotion and Parental Benevolence (慈孝观念)
Traditional Chinese ethics heavily emphasize parental benevolence alongside filial piety; violating parental duty is seen as deeply unnatural.
INTENT TAGS:
#condemnation
#reproach
#moral_outrage
#confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
虎毒不食子
SPOKEN CHUNK
even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs
A well-known idiom used to criticize parents who are unusually cruel, neglectful, or abusive toward their own children.
尚且
SPOKEN CHUNK
even (still)
Used in formal or emphatic speech to highlight a lower standard before comparing a worse reality.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
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