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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E28 (27:03) HSK 3
wèi fù yě nán cí qí jiù

为父也难辞其咎

“I'm also at fault for this.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E28
TIMECODE: 27:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuō dào dǐ cǐ shì

“After all,”

wèi fù yě nán cí qí jiù CURRENT FOCUS

为 父 也难 辞其咎

“I'm also at fault for this.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ wǒ bì jìng shì fù zǐ

“We are father-and-son after all.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: ADMITTING FAULT
Tone: CONCILIATORY
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I made mistakes too, but we are still father and son, so let us move past this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Paternal Humility and Filial Bonding

Traditional patriarchal authority rarely allowed fathers to apologize explicitly; adopting an expression like '难辞其咎' allows the patriarch to show remorse while preserving dignity.

INTENT TAGS: #admission_of_fault #reconciliation #filial_bond #face_saving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
为父 SPOKEN CHUNK

as your father / I, your father

A classical, dignified first-person reference used by a father speaking to his child in historical or literary contexts.

难辞其咎 SPOKEN CHUNK

cannot escape blame / must share the responsibility

A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or literary speech to accept or assign moral accountability.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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