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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5 (31:16) HSK 3
qǐ néng bèi zhè mǎn shēn tóng xiù de rén

岂能被这满身铜臭的人

“be schemed against and sullied”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 31:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN táng táng tiān zi mén shēng

堂堂天子门生

“How can a dignified imperial scholar”

qǐ néng bèi zhè mǎn shēn tóng xiù de rén CURRENT FOCUS

岂能 被这满身铜臭的人

“be schemed against and sullied”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gěi suàn jì diàn wū le

给算计玷污了

“by some people reeking of money?”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: INDIGNANT CONDEMNATION
Tone: HAUGHTY AND INDIGNANT
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am far above this greedy, low-class merchant to let them humiliate my scholar's pride.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Scholar vs. Merchant Class Hierarchy (士农工商)

In traditional imperial China, Confucian scholars occupied the top social echelon while merchants, though wealthy, were stigmatized as morally tainted by the 'stink of copper' (铜臭).

INTENT TAGS: #indignation #condemnation #moral_superiority #class_contempt
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
满身铜臭 SPOKEN CHUNK

reeking of money / vulgar and obsessed with filthy lucre

A classic derogatory idiom used to attack someone whose only value is money without moral virtue.

岂能 SPOKEN CHUNK

how could one possibly / how can it be that

A rhetorical classical adverb used in elevated spoken style to express utter impossibility and indignation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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