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《Light to the Night》 S1·E23 (14:15) HSK 5
kuài diǎn bào jǐng qǐng nǐ men shàng xī tiān

快点报警 请你们上西天

“Call the police now! I'll send you all to hell!”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 14:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhè yàng zuò shì fàn fǎ de zhī dào ba ? bào jǐng

你这样做是犯法的 知道吧? 报警

“That's illegal! You hear me? Call the police!”

kuài diǎn bào jǐng qǐng nǐ men shàng xī tiān CURRENT FOCUS

快点报警 请你们 上西天

“Call the police now! I'll send you all to hell!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lái a

来啊

“Come on!”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: INTIMIDATION
Tone: MENACING
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Go ahead and call them, but you won't live to see them arrive.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Western Paradise Euphemism (西天)

Originating from Buddhist concepts of the Pure Land, 'sending someone to the Western Paradise' (送上西天) has evolved in colloquial and cinema speech into a notorious idiom for murdering someone.

INTENT TAGS: #intimidation #death_threat #defiance #provocation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
报警 SPOKEN CHUNK

to report to the police; call the cops

The standard Chinese term for contacting the police in an emergency or criminal situation.

上西天 SPOKEN CHUNK

to die; to be sent to the afterlife / Western Paradise

A common idiom and euphemism derived from Buddhist lore, often used in threats or dark humor to mean killing someone or dying.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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