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《COURT!》 S1·E12 (05:26) HSK 4
jiù zhǐ néng zǒu yī bù kàn yī bù le

就只能走一步看一步了

“we have to take it one step at a time.”

《COURT!》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 05:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suǒ yǐ jiē xià lái

所以接下来

“So from here on out,”

jiù zhǐ néng zǒu yī bù kàn yī bù le CURRENT FOCUS

就 只能 走一步看一步 了

“we have to take it one step at a time.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài zhǎo qīn qī péng yǒu jiè diǎn bei

再找亲戚朋友借点呗

“We'll borrow more from friends and relatives.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPRESSING HELPLESSNESS
Tone: PASSIVE
Emotion: RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Fatalism (走一步看一步)

Reflects a cultural coping strategy where enduring present adversity without long-term clarity is accepted as resilient pragmatism.

INTENT TAGS: #resignation #uncertainty #coping #helplessness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
走一步看一步 SPOKEN CHUNK

take things one step at a time / cross bridges as they come

A highly common idiom used when long-term planning is impossible due to severe uncertainty.

就只能 SPOKEN CHUNK

have no choice but to

Expresses that all other preferred strategic options have been exhausted.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Conveys a settled, unchangeable conclusion or unavoidable reality.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《COURT!》 S1·E12 (05:26) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus