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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E15 (23:00) HSK 2
dōu shì bào yìng a

都是报应啊

“It's all retribution.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 23:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè shì bào yìng

这是报应

“This is my retribution.”

dōu shì bào yìng a CURRENT FOCUS

都是 报应 啊

“It's all retribution.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shí qī nián qián

十七年前

“Seventeen years ago,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: LAMENTING
Tone: RESIGNED
Emotion: DESPAIR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We brought this suffering upon ourselves through our past sins.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Karmic Retribution (因果报应)

Deeply ingrained in Chinese popular thought from Buddhist and Daoist traditions, this belief holds that unpunished misdeeds will inevitably bring divine misfortune to oneself or one's descendants.

INTENT TAGS: #lamentation #resignation #fatalism #guilt
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
报应 SPOKEN CHUNK

karmic retribution / divine punishment

Used when bad deeds come back to punish the wrongdoer, often uttered in despair or moral vindication.

都是...啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is all simply...

A common structure expressing comprehensive resignation or total attribution of blame.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion into a sigh of deep emotional lamentation and helplessness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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