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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E22 (17:32) HSK 4
jiāng dào hǎi bù jǐn yào qǐng bīn kè yǐn jiǔ

江到海不仅要请宾客饮酒

“Jiang Daohai not only served liquor,”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E22
TIMECODE: 17:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà rì yàn xí shàng

那日宴席上

“At that banquet,”

jiāng dào hǎi bù jǐn yào qǐng bīn kè yǐn jiǔ CURRENT FOCUS

江到海 不仅要 请宾客饮酒

“Jiang Daohai not only served liquor,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái yào qǐng tā men fú dú

还要请他们服毒

“he had them take poison as well.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DRAMATIC REVELATION
Tone: OMINOUS
Emotion: SUSPENSE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think he was just hosting a normal banquet, but wait until you hear what he truly planned.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hongmen Banquet Motif

Feasts in Chinese historical narratives often double as lethal ambushes (Hongmen Banquet), masking deadly intent under the guise of hospitable etiquette.

INTENT TAGS: #foreshadowing #exposing_plot #building_suspense
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不仅要 SPOKEN CHUNK

not only will/intends to

Forms the first half of a progressive sentence structure (不仅……还要……) emphasizing an escalation.

饮酒 SPOKEN CHUNK

to drink alcohol / wine

A literary and formal equivalent of the colloquial '喝酒' (hējiǔ).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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