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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E28 (15:24) HSK 5
shì yào yǐ gōng zào guò ya

是要倚功造过呀

“Great General, Are you trying to use your achievements to excuse your mistakes?”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E28
TIMECODE: 15:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dà jūn jiāng zhè huà

大军将这话

“Great General, Are you trying to use your achievements to excuse your mistakes?”

shì yào yǐ gōng zào guò ya CURRENT FOCUS

是 要 倚功造过 呀

“Great General, Are you trying to use your achievements to excuse your mistakes?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhè huà lǐ huà wài gěi wǒ zāi zāng wū míng

“You keep slandering me”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't think your past merits give you the right to break the law and challenge me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Merit versus Loyalty

In Chinese court politics, general-officials with excessive military glory (倚功) were often scrutinized or accused of arrogance and treason.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #challenging #power_struggle #asserting_boundaries
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
倚功造过 SPOKEN CHUNK

to rely on merits to commit wrongdoing

A classical four-character formulation used when someone presumes upon past achievements to act lawlessly.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question slightly while amplifying the underlying indignation or shock.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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