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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E33 (26:05) HSK 1
wǒ hǎo bù róng yì zhǎo dào de

我好不容易找到的

“I went to great lengths to collect them.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E33
TIMECODE: 26:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ de yào a

我的药啊

“My medicinal ingredients!”

wǒ hǎo bù róng yì zhǎo dào de CURRENT FOCUS

我 好不容易 找到 的

“I went to great lengths to collect them.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǐ dú gōng dú hǎo bù hǎo

以毒攻毒好不好

“How about we try fighting poison with poison?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PROTESTING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Valuing Effort and Sacrifice

Highlighting hard work ('好不容易') is often used in Chinese interactions to appeal to the other party's sympathy and dissuade them from rejecting a proposal.

INTENT TAGS: #protesting #justifying #defending #persuasion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
好不容易 SPOKEN CHUNK

with great difficulty; after much trouble

Used before a verb to emphasize that an accomplishment required arduous effort.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Completes the 'shi...de' cleft construction to emphasize the strenuous circumstances under which the item was obtained.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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