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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E8 (32:46) HSK 4
wǒ xiàng nǐ men dào qiàn xíng le gàn má zhè me shuō

我向你们道歉 行了 干嘛这么说

“I apologize to you all. That's enough. Why say that?”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 32:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zhī dào shì wǒ cuò le hái hài le wǒ jiě

“I know I was wrong, and I hurt my sister.”

wǒ xiàng nǐ men dào qiàn xíng le gàn má zhè me shuō CURRENT FOCUS

我 向你们道歉 行了 干嘛 这么说

“I apologize to you all. That's enough. Why say that?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ bú shì yě shì bèi nà ge táng sī lè gěi piàn le ma shì ba

“You were fooled by Tang Sile too, weren't you?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: APOLOGIZING AND COMFORTING
Tone: REASSURING
Emotion: REMORSE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are family; do not distance yourself from us with formal apologies.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rejecting Apologies among In-Group Members

In close Chinese relationships, formal apologies create emotional distance; loved ones often interrupt them with '行了' to reaffirm solidarity.

INTENT TAGS: #apology #comforting #reassurance #solidarity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
向……道歉 SPOKEN CHUNK

to apologize to someone

A standard construction for offering formal apologies in both spoken and written Chinese.

行了 SPOKEN CHUNK

that is enough; alright already

Used colloquially to stop someone from continuing an undesirable action, such as self-blame or crying.

干嘛这么说 SPOKEN CHUNK

why talk like that

A common phrase used to comfort someone who is excessively blaming themselves or speaking too formally.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks an urgent boundary calling for an immediate halt to the current self-deprecating behavior.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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