《The Heir》 S1·E12 (19:42)
HSK 4
pà yě shì zhú lán zi dǎ shuǐ yī cháng kōng le
怕也是竹篮子打水一场空了
“will also be in vain.”
《The Heir》
S1·E12
TIMECODE: 19:42
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
qī dà dōng jiā yì zhí yǐ lái de chóu móu
戚大东家一直以来的筹谋
“but your long-standing plans”
pà yě shì zhú lán zi dǎ shuǐ yī cháng kōng le
CURRENT FOCUS
怕 也是 竹篮子打水一场空 了
“will also be in vain.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
dàn shì zhè néng zhèn dé zhù chǎng de dà mò shāng
但是这 能镇得住场的大墨商
“But it's hard for me”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
SPECULATION
Tone:
CYNICAL
Emotion:
PESSIMISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“All his careful planning will amount to absolutely nothing.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Metaphorical Caution in Business
Chinese speakers frequently employ vivid folk idioms like this to convey fatalistic or cautionary assessments of strategic ventures.
INTENT TAGS:
#pessimism
#warning
#idiomatic_critique
#anticipation
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
竹篮子打水一场空
SPOKEN CHUNK
Drawing water with a bamboo basket—all in vain
A widely used idiom/proverb describing efforts that inevitably produce zero results.
怕也是
SPOKEN CHUNK
I'm afraid it is also / likely to be
Used to soften a negative prediction or an unwelcome assessment.
Modal Particle「了」 (le)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks an anticipated change of state or confirms the inevitable realization of the outcome.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《The Heir》 S1·E12 (19:42) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus