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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E8 (09:22) HSK 3
hǎo bù róng yì cái bǎ tā quàn zǒu

好不容易才把他劝走

“It took a lot to persuade him to leave.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 09:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tīng shuō nǐ chū shì dà dòng gān huǒ

听说你出事大动肝火

“He was furious when he heard about your accident.”

hǎo bù róng yì cái bǎ tā quàn zǒu CURRENT FOCUS

好不容易 才把他劝走

“It took a lot to persuade him to leave.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ diē tā yǒu méi yǒu xíng le bié shuō le

“Did my dad... Alright, stop talking.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REPORTING RESOLUTION
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no idea how furious he was; I barely managed to hold him back.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mediation in Filial Conflicts

In Chinese family dynamics, intermediaries frequently intervene to soothe an elder's fury before direct confrontation leads to irreversible fallout.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #de_escalation #reporting_effort #relief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
好不容易才 SPOKEN CHUNK

only after great effort / with great difficulty

Emphasizes the intense struggle or prolonged effort required to achieve a specific outcome.

劝走 SPOKEN CHUNK

persuade (someone) to leave

A resultative verb compound describing the act of convincing an agitated person to depart peacefully.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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