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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E13 (11:28) HSK 7
kě shì wǒ dān xīn tā de shēn tǐ áo bú zhù

可是我担心 她的身体熬不住

“But I'm afraid her body won't be able to endure it.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 11:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yuè bù xiǎng bǎ zì jǐ bù hǎo de yí miàn zhǎn xiàn chū lái

“their bad side to their relatives.”

kě shì wǒ dān xīn tā de shēn tǐ áo bú zhù CURRENT FOCUS

可是 我 担心 她的身体 熬不住

“But I'm afraid her body won't be able to endure it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN láng zhōng shuō tā jiǔ bìng bù yù jì shì yīn wèi yào lǐ fā xiàn le dà huáng

郎中说 她久病不愈 既是因为药里 发现了大黄

“The doctor said that she had been ill for a long time. Because rhubarb was found in the medicine.”

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Scene: Medical & Health
Function: EXPRESSING CONCERN
Tone: EARNEST AND DISTRESSED
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Endurance (Ao)

The character '熬' highlights suffering through slow, agonizing adversity, a key cultural framing for chronic illness and hardships in Chinese life.

INTENT TAGS: #concern #worry #vulnerability #empathy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
熬不住 SPOKEN CHUNK

cannot endure / cannot hold out any longer

Commonly used to describe someone physically collapsing or mentally breaking under severe prolonged hardship or illness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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