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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (36:55) HSK 6
jiù suàn dǎ dé guò lǜ shī yào bù yào qián

就算打得过 律师要不要钱

“Even if we could, lawyers cost money,”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 36:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men dǎ dé guò ma

我们打得过吗

“can we win?”

jiù suàn dǎ dé guò lǜ shī yào bù yào qián CURRENT FOCUS

就算 打得过 律师 要不要钱

“Even if we could, lawyers cost money,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sù sòng yào bù yào qián

诉讼要不要钱

“and litigation costs money.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING FEASIBILITY
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wake up, we can't afford a lawsuit even if we have a solid case.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Realism in Litigation

Ordinary people often hesitate to engage the legal system because protracted litigation and attorney fees are viewed as unaffordable financial burdens.

INTENT TAGS: #dissuasion #reality_check #rhetorical_question #financial_anxiety
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就算……也…… SPOKEN CHUNK

even if... still...

Common conditional conjunction used to grant a premise while demonstrating that the conclusion remains unchanged.

打得过 SPOKEN CHUNK

able to win (in court or fight)

Colloquially applied to litigation (打官司) to mean winning a legal case.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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