《The Guilty》 S1·E8 (11:08)
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bú yào zuò tú láo wú gōng de shì qíng
不要做徒劳无功的事情
“Don't do anything futile.”
《The Guilty》
S1·E8
TIMECODE: 11:08
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ shì cōng míng rén
你是聪明人
“You're smart.”
bú yào zuò tú láo wú gōng de shì qíng
CURRENT FOCUS
不要 做 徒劳无功 的事情
“Don't do anything futile.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
hái zi yí dàn yǒu rèn hé de shǎn shī
“If anything happens to the fetus,”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
ADVISING
Tone:
PERSUASIVE
Emotion:
CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You know you cannot win this, so behave sensibly and do as I say.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Reason (明智之举)
Calling someone 'smart' before warning them puts moral and intellectual pressure on them to avoid resistance without causing immediate explosive confrontation.
INTENT TAGS:
#persuasion
#warning
#manipulation
#coercion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
徒劳无功
SPOKEN CHUNK
futile; working hard to no avail
Used in both formal writing and spoken warnings to describe effort that will yield zero positive results.
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2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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