MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (32:33) HSK 4
nǐ men hái sǐ shǒu zhe zhè piàn cǎo chǎng bù kěn sā shǒu

你们还死守着 这片草场不肯撒手

“What's the point of you clinging”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 32:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè hé tóng yě qiān le zì

这合同也签了字

“And the contract is signed.”

nǐ men hái sǐ shǒu zhe zhè piàn cǎo chǎng bù kěn sā shǒu CURRENT FOCUS

你们还 死守着 这片草场 不肯撒手

“What's the point of you clinging”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yòu hé bì ne

又何必呢

“to this pasture?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You already signed the contract, so stop putting up this futile resistance.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Contractual vs Pastoral Tenacity

Land disputes involving pastoralists often pit emotional attachment to generational pasture against legalistic commercial contracts.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #pressure #exasperation #dispute
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
死守着 SPOKEN CHUNK

stubbornly clinging to; fiercely guarding

Often carries a critical or impatient nuance when describing someone who refuses to adapt or give up possession.

不肯撒手 SPOKEN CHUNK

refusing to let go; unwilling to release

A vivid colloquial idiom describing an unwillingness to relinquish control, money, or territory.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (32:33) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus