MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《COURT!》 S1·E2 (05:53) HSK 7
guān sī dǎ yíng le cái shuō gěi qián de shì ér

官司打赢了才说给钱的事儿

“only pay if we win the case.”

《COURT!》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 05:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiān bàn shì hòu ná qián

“work first, payment later,”

guān sī dǎ yíng le cái shuō gěi qián de shì ér CURRENT FOCUS

官司 打赢了 才 说 给钱 的事儿

“only pay if we win the case.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ míng bù míng bái zhè cái jiào zhuān yè fú wù

“Do you understand? That's what real professional service is.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Business & Trade
Function: STATING CONDITIONS
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Contingency Fee Agreements (风险代理)

In Chinese professional service contexts, particularly legal battles, agreeing to get paid only upon results builds credibility and reassures clients of alignment in outcome.

INTENT TAGS: #condition #professionalism #assurance
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打赢 SPOKEN CHUNK

to win (a fight, match, or lawsuit)

Commonly paired with '官司' (lawsuit) to mean prevailing in legal litigation.

……才…… SPOKEN CHUNK

only then / not until

A conditional structure indicating that the latter action is contingent upon the completion of the former condition.

给钱的事儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

the matter of paying money

Colloquial way of referring to remuneration or financial settlement without sounding overtly formal.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the completion of winning the lawsuit as a prerequisite before discussing payment.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《COURT!》 S1·E2 (05:53) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus