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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E20 (23:04) HSK 1
shì shí hòu qù jiàn hè jìng yuán le

是时候去见贺敬元了

“It's time to meet He Jingyuan.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 23:04 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bì rán huì jīng guò bà xià

“they will inevitably pass through Baxia.”

shì shí hòu qù jiàn hè jìng yuán le CURRENT FOCUS

是时候 去见 贺敬元了

“It's time to meet He Jingyuan.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wū hé de xià yóu shì bà xià

巫河的下游是霸下

“Downstream of the Wu River is Baxia.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: INITIATING ACTION
Tone: DECISIVE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Seizing the Right Timing (Shi Ji)

Strategic patience and acting precisely when conditions align is a deeply rooted value in traditional Chinese tactical planning.

INTENT TAGS: #decision_making #timing #resolve #action_trigger
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is time to...

Commonly used to declare that the appropriate moment for taking a decisive action has arrived.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly realized state or the arrival of a critical timing threshold.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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