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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E20 (14:09) HSK 5
tā yǒu gōng wú zuì ya

她有功无罪呀

“She did nothing wrong!”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 14:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN què fǎn ér zuò láo

却反而坐牢

“but she was put in jail.”

tā yǒu gōng wú zuì ya CURRENT FOCUS

她 有功 无罪呀

“She did nothing wrong!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì a

是啊

“Exactly!”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PLEADING JUSTICE
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She deserves a reward, not prison! How can you lock up an innocent hero?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Distinction Between Merit and Fault (Gong-Guo)

Traditional Chinese moral and legal systems place great weight on balancing merits (功) against transgressions (过/罪); punishing someone with pure merit violates moral cosmic justice.

INTENT TAGS: #defending #protesting_injustice #advocacy #moral_appeal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有功无罪 SPOKEN CHUNK

deserving credit rather than blame; innocent and meritorious

A formal four-character antithetical expression used when defending someone who did a good deed but is facing punishment.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the blunt statement while simultaneously adding emotional urgency and an earnest plea for common sense.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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