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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (10:06) HSK 6
wǒ dān chún shì wèi le hái zi kǎo lǜ de zài zěn me shuō

我单纯 是为了孩子考虑的 再怎么说

“I'm doing this for the child's sake. After all,”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 10:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shuō le wǒ bù tóng yì gèng hé kuàng zán liǎ yǐ jīng lí hūn le wǒ zhī dào

我说了我不同意 更何况咱俩已经 离婚了 我知道

“I told you, I don't agree. Besides, we're already— Divorced. I know.”

wǒ dān chún shì wèi le hái zi kǎo lǜ de zài zěn me shuō CURRENT FOCUS

我单纯 是 为了孩子考虑 的 再怎么说

“I'm doing this for the child's sake. After all,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shěng chéng de jiào yù zī yuán yě bǐ zhè ér hǎo a tiān duō yī běn lǜ cái duō shǎo

“the educational resources in the provincial capital are better than here. Only a tiny fraction of students here get into top-tier schools.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: JUSTIFYING DECISION
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Put aside your resentment toward me; this is strictly about what is best for our child's future.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Child-Centric Parental Obligation (Weile Haizi)

In Chinese culture, parental sacrifice for children's educational success often supersedes personal disputes and post-divorce boundaries.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #parental_duty #rationalizing #deflecting_blame
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
单纯是 SPOKEN CHUNK

purely / solely

Used to rule out ulterior motives and emphasize the single, pure intention behind an action.

再怎么说 SPOKEN CHUNK

at the end of the day / no matter what

Used to introduce an undeniable bottom-line truth that overrides other disputes.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Used as part of the '是...的' construction to affirm the speaker's core motivation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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