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《COURT!》 S1·E10 (20:47) HSK 5
fàng qì yuán zé huò xī ní

放弃原则 和稀泥

“abandoning their principles to play nice.”

《COURT!》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 20:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù jué de shì dà jiā yì qǐ

就觉得是大家一起

“I felt like it was just everyone”

fàng qì yuán zé huò xī ní CURRENT FOCUS

放弃 原则 和稀泥

“abandoning their principles to play nice.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duì yuán bèi gào lái huí cuō hé

对原被告 来回撮合

“Pushing the plaintiff and defendant together,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This is completely unprincipled and just sweeping real problems under the rug.”
💡 Cultural Insight: He Xi Ni (Blurring the Lines)

While Chinese culture values harmony, '和稀泥' specifically refers to a toxic, unprincipled attempt to enforce peace by sacrificing justice and truth.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #disapproval #condemnation #professional_ethics
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
放弃原则 SPOKEN CHUNK

abandon principles / compromise core values

Used to express strong moral or professional disapproval of yielding on fundamental standards.

和稀泥 SPOKEN CHUNK

to blur right and wrong / play the unprincipled peacemaker

A famous colloquial idiom criticizing someone who tries to smooth things over by appeasing both sides without resolving the real issue.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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