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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E24 (28:41) HSK 5
wǒ dé kào nǐ gěi wǒ yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng a

我得靠你给我养老送终啊

“you have to take care of me in my old age and see me off.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 28:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suǒ yǐ

所以

“So”

wǒ dé kào nǐ gěi wǒ yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng a CURRENT FOCUS

我得 靠你 给我 养老送终 啊

“you have to take care of me in my old age and see me off.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ lèi le

我累了

“I'm tired.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EXPRESSING DEPENDENCY
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You cannot abandon me because you are my sole support when I grow old.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Filial Care and Funerary Duty (Yang Lao Song Zhong)

Caring for parents in senility and organizing proper funerary rituals is considered the quintessential duty of adult children in Chinese filial ethics.

INTENT TAGS: #filial_appeal #seeking_security #emotional_leverage #dependency
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
养老送终 SPOKEN CHUNK

care for in old age and bury upon death

A traditional four-character idiom describing the ultimate filial duty of supporting parents until their passing and conducting their funeral.

靠你 SPOKEN CHUNK

depend on you / rely on you

Used when placing trust or ultimate burden onto another person.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while adding emotional emphasis to appeal to the listener's conscience.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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