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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E39 (28:14) HSK 7
tā lián nǐ men mǔ zi xìng mìng dōu bù gù

他连你们母子性命都不顾

“he didn't even care about the lives of you and your son.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E39
TIMECODE: 28:14 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù mǔ

舅母

“Aunt,”

tā lián nǐ men mǔ zi xìng mìng dōu bù gù CURRENT FOCUS

他连你们母子性命都 不顾

“he didn't even care about the lives of you and your son.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yòu hé bì tì tā qiú qíng ne

“Why plead for him?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: DISSUADING
Tone: EARNEST AND REPROACHFUL
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wake up, he abandoned you, so stop throwing your dignity away to save him.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Familial Obligation vs. Betrayal

Traditional Chinese kinship values demand mutual loyalty, making abandonment of one's own wife and child an egregious moral failure.

INTENT TAGS: #dissuasion #reproach #persuasion #protective_concern
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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连……都不顾 SPOKEN CHUNK

not even caring about / completely disregarding

A useful construction to emphasize extreme negligence or lack of empathy toward someone or something vital.

母子性命 SPOKEN CHUNK

lives of mother and child

A set phrasing often used in dramatic or classical contexts to highlight the vulnerability of a mother and her offspring.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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