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《Light to the Night》 S1·E12 (36:31) HSK 3
pǎo dé le lǎo hóu pǎo bù liǎo xiǎo hóu

跑得了老猴 跑不了小猴

“The big one may run, but the small one won't.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 36:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jīn mǎn shān sān nián qián shè hēi wèi zuì qián táo le

“Jin Manshan got involved in organized crime three years ago and fled.”

pǎo dé le lǎo hóu pǎo bù liǎo xiǎo hóu CURRENT FOCUS

跑得了 老猴 跑不了 小猴

“The big one may run, but the small one won't.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qù yuán lóng lǐ

去元龙里

“Let's go to Yuanlongli.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: STRATEGIZING PURSUIT
Tone: RESOLUTE, CALCULATING
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We missed the boss, but we'll squeeze his kid to get to him.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Metaphorical Extension of Catching Monkeys (老猴与小猴)

Referring to elder and younger criminals or relatives as old and small monkeys reflects vivid folk wisdom used by police to target family links.

INTENT TAGS: #investigation #tactical_planning #leverage #determination
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
跑得了……跑不了…… SPOKEN CHUNK

may escape..., but cannot escape...

A standard correlative structure contrasting one entity that got away with another who cannot.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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