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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2 (20:45) HSK 6
nǐ bù néng zǒu nǐ kàn kàn zhè duō kě lián

你不能走 你看看 这多可怜

“You can't leave. Look at her, she's pitiful.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 20:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù néng hē

不能喝

“You can't drink that.”

nǐ bù néng zǒu nǐ kàn kàn zhè duō kě lián CURRENT FOCUS

你 不能走 你看看 这 多可怜

“You can't leave. Look at her, she's pitiful.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi shì méi shì

没事没事

“It's okay.”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: PERSUADING
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't abandon us here; stay and help deal with this situation.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Urging Guests to Stay (Wanliu)

Chinese social dynamics often involve dramatic hospitality or mutual peer pressure where hosts or companions actively plead with guests not to leave early.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #detaining #appeal_to_pity #urging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不能走 SPOKEN CHUNK

cannot leave

Used colloquially to stop someone from departing, often playfully or urgently.

你看看 SPOKEN CHUNK

take a look / look here

A discourse marker used to draw attention to evidence supporting the speaker's argument.

多可怜 SPOKEN CHUNK

so pitiful / so pathetic

An emotive exclamation used to invoke sympathy or guilt in the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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