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《Light to the Night》 S1·E21 (40:11) HSK 7
bú shì bù bào shí hòu wèi dào

不是不报 时候未到

“It’s just a matter of time.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 40:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rén zài zuò tiān zài kàn

“What goes around comes around.”

bú shì bù bào shí hòu wèi dào CURRENT FOCUS

不是 不报 时候未到

“It’s just a matter of time.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kàn dào méi yǒu ?

看到没有?

“See that?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ISSUING WARNING
Tone: OMINOUS
Emotion: RIGHTEOUS_INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think you got away with it, but justice will catch up to you soon.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Karmic Retribution (Bao / 善恶有报)

Rooted in traditional Chinese cosmological beliefs, this proverb asserts that heaven balances moral debts eventually, serving as a reassurance to victims and a warning to wrongdoers.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #moral_rebuke #intimidation #asserting_justice
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不是不报 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is not that there will be no retribution

Used as the first half of a well-known idiomatic proverb to assert that wrongdoers will not escape punishment.

时候未到 SPOKEN CHUNK

the time has not yet come

Used to denote that a destined outcome or consequence is merely delayed, not canceled.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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