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《COURT!》 S1·E2 (31:20) HSK 3
bù néng jiù chà zhè lín mén yī jiǎo

不能就差这临门一脚

“You can't fall apart right at the finish line.”

《COURT!》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 31:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men yī lù zǒu lái tài bù róng yì le

“it hasn't been easy for you two to come this far.”

bù néng jiù chà zhè lín mén yī jiǎo CURRENT FOCUS

不能 就差 这 临门一脚

“You can't fall apart right at the finish line.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN mā

妈

“Mom!”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: PERSUADING
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have worked too hard to quit now; see this through to the very end!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Gongkui Yikui (Avoiding Falling Short at the Last Step)

Chinese cultural values strongly emphasize persistence and guarding against giving up right before harvest, making familial figures especially vocal when someone threatens to quit at the final hurdle.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #encouragement #urgency #admonition
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
临门一脚 SPOKEN CHUNK

the final shot at the goal; the crucial last step

Originating from soccer, this idiom is widely used in Chinese to describe the final, decisive action needed to achieve success.

就差 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be short of only; to lack just

Used to emphasize that only a tiny fraction or final step remains to complete a task.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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