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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (31:58) HSK 3
nǐ men dà kě yǐ fàng xīn jiù shì yīn wèi zhī dào cái bù fàng xīn

你们大可以放心 就是因为知道 才不放心

“You can rest assured. That's exactly why we're worried.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 31:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gēn duō jié jiā de jiāo qíng nǐ men yě bú shì bù zhī dào

“the friendship between our family and Duojie's family.”

nǐ men dà kě yǐ fàng xīn jiù shì yīn wèi zhī dào cái bù fàng xīn CURRENT FOCUS

你们 大可以放心 就是因为 知道 才 不放心

“You can rest assured. That's exactly why we're worried.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bái chūn wǒ fā xiàn nǐ zhè ge rén zuān qián yǎn lǐ le

“Bai Chun. You've got nothing but dollar signs in your eyes.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: RETORT
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: DISTRUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't play the friendship card with me—knowing your track record is exactly why I don't trust you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi Disillusionment

While personal connections (guanxi) are traditionally used to build trust in Chinese society, invoking past ties when money is involved can backfire if past actions have demonstrated unreliability.

INTENT TAGS: #retort #distrust #confrontation #rejection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
大可以 SPOKEN CHUNK

might as well; completely free to

Use this phrase to indicate that someone has full permission or reason to do something, often used in spoken Chinese to reassure or ironically dismiss concern.

就是因为 SPOKEN CHUNK

precisely because

A strong rhetorical connector used to emphasize that the stated cause is the exact reason for the resulting effect.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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