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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5 (18:38) HSK 5
kě shì zhè yě yǒu yuē dìng

可是这也有约定

“but there's a stipulation:”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 18:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì huó dāng méi cuò

是活当没错

“It was indeed a redeemable pawn,”

kě shì zhè yě yǒu yuē dìng CURRENT FOCUS

可是 这 也有 约定

“but there's a stipulation:”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shí tiān wèi shú zhuǎn wéi sǐ dàng

“[Luo's Pawnshop] if unredeemed within 10 days, it becomes a forfeitable pawn.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CITING RULES
Tone: BUSINESSLIKE AND UNCOMPROMISING
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You agreed to these rules, so do not blame me for enforcing them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Traditional Pawnshop Customs

In historical Chinese pawnshops, contracts strictly differentiated between redeemable pawns (huodang) and forfeited pawns (sidang) once the time limit expired.

INTENT TAGS: #contractual_boundary #invoking_rules #refusal #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
有约定 SPOKEN CHUNK

there is an agreement or prior rule

Useful when reminding someone of mutual terms or established regulations during a disagreement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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