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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2 (36:50) HSK 7
nǐ jiù rěn xīn chāi sàn tā men ya nǐ dǒng shén me jiào zuò

你就忍心拆散他们呀 你懂什么叫作

“How can you break them up like this? Do you know what it means”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 36:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā men liǎ yě shì nǐ péng yǒu rén jiā běn lái jiù bù xiǎng lí hūn nǐ shì gàn má

他们俩也是你朋友 人家本来就不想离婚 你是干吗

“They're your friends too. They don't even want a divorce. What are you doing?”

nǐ jiù rěn xīn chāi sàn tā men ya nǐ dǒng shén me jiào zuò CURRENT FOCUS

你就 忍心拆散 他们 呀 你懂什么 叫作

“How can you break them up like this? Do you know what it means”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dāng duàn zé duàn jí shí zhǐ sǔn ma

当断则断 及时止损吗

“to cut your losses in time?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CHALLENGING JUDGMENT
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are ruthlessly ruining their relationship while pretending you are doing them a favor.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Persuading Against Divorce (Ning Chai Shi Zuo Qiao, Bu Po Yi Tong Hun)

Traditional Chinese culture strongly discourages breaking up marriages, viewing reconciliation and preserving the union as morally superior to separation, making meddling towards divorce highly controversial.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #moral_critique #interrogation #challenging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
忍心 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have the heart to; to bear to

Used to express moral disapproval when someone is willing to do something cruel or insensitive to others.

拆散 SPOKEN CHUNK

to break up (a couple or family)

Used transitively to describe third-party interference that causes lovers or partners to separate.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question while conveying intense emotional bewilderment and reproach.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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