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《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E6 (17:09) HSK 7
nà me jí shí zhǐ sǔn yě shì hǎo de

那么及时止损也是好的

“then cutting your losses in time is a good thing.”

《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 17:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suǒ yǒu kùn nán jiù dōu xiāo shī le

所有困难就都消失了

“all your difficulties will disappear,”

nà me jí shí zhǐ sǔn yě shì hǎo de CURRENT FOCUS

那么 及时止损 也是好的

“then cutting your losses in time is a good thing.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bì jìng nǐ de gè xìng tài wěi qū qiú quán

“After all, your personality is too accommodating.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: ADVISING
Tone: SUPPORTIVE AND OBJECTIVE
Emotion: CARING
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Emotional Sunk Cost

Modern Chinese discourse heavily borrows the financial term 'cutting losses' to counsel young people against staying trapped in bad relationships out of habit or fear of change.

INTENT TAGS: #advice #rationalizing #support #encouragement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
及时止损 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cut one's losses in time

A highly popular modern idiom used frequently in business as well as personal relationships to recommend ending a bad situation before more harm is done.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Affirms certainty and completes the descriptive predicate assertion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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