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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10 (20:46) HSK 5
jiù jué de shì dà jiā yì qǐ fàng qì yuán zé huò xī ní

就觉得是大家一起 放弃原则 和稀泥

“I felt like it was just everyone abandoning their principles to play nice.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 20:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nín fǎn fù gēn wǒ qiáng diào tiáo jiě de zhòng yào xìng wǒ yì zhí dōu fēi cháng fǎn gǎn

您反复跟我强调调解的重要性 我一直都非常反感

“You kept emphasizing the importance of mediation, and I was always so resistant to it.”

jiù jué de shì dà jiā yì qǐ fàng qì yuán zé huò xī ní CURRENT FOCUS

就觉 得是 大家 一起 放弃 原则 和稀泥

“I felt like it was just everyone abandoning their principles to play nice.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duì yuán bèi gào lái huí cuō hé kàn nǎ fāng gèng ruǎn

对原被告 来回撮合 看哪方更软

“Pushing the plaintiff and defendant together, seeing which side was softer”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Judicial Mediation vs. Rule of Law

In Chinese civil law, judicial mediation (调解) is heavily promoted to preserve social harmony, but younger professionals sometimes critique it as unprincipled compromise (和稀泥).

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #bluntness #challenging_practice #professional_dispute
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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放弃原则 SPOKEN CHUNK

abandoning principles

Used when criticizing someone for compromising ethical or professional boundaries.

和稀泥 SPOKEN CHUNK

muddling through / playing peacemaker unprincipledly

A vivid colloquial idiom describing attempts to paper over disputes without addressing the root cause or rules.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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