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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10 (18:28) HSK 4
zhè yàng zài miàn duì nà xiē tān dé wú yàn de chī mèi wǎng liǎng de shí hòu

这样在面对那些 贪得无厌的魑魅魍魉的时候

“When faced with those insatiable, greedy monsters,”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 18:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shàn liáng zài zuì chū de shí hòu jiù yīng gāi zhǎng chū fēng lì de zhǎo yá

善良在最初的时候 就应该长出锋利的爪牙

“Right from the very beginning, kindness should grow sharp teeth and claws.”

zhè yàng zài miàn duì nà xiē tān dé wú yàn de chī mèi wǎng liǎng de shí hòu CURRENT FOCUS

这样 在 面对 那些 贪得无厌 的 魑魅魍魉 的时候

“When faced with those insatiable, greedy monsters,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù néng gòu zhèn zhù tā men zhè yàng cái néng gòu bǎo zhù mǔ tǐ

就能够镇住他们 这样才能够保住母体

“it can actually keep them in check. Only then can it protect the heart of the matter,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PHILOSOPHICAL ADMONITION
Tone: RESOLUTE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have to be tough and intimidating, or these vultures will destroy you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Armed Kindness (Fangren Zhi Xin)

Reflects the pragmatic traditional belief that virtue must be paired with power or cunning; goodness without vigilance invites victimization by unethical rivals.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #empowerment #philosophizing #vigilance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
魑魅魍魉 SPOKEN CHUNK

monsters and demons; all sorts of evil and treacherous people

A literary idiom used figuratively to denounce sinister, unscrupulous characters seeking harm.

贪得无厌 SPOKEN CHUNK

insatiably greedy; ravenous

A formal idiom used to describe people whose rapacious desires can never be satisfied.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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