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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2 (29:38) HSK 4
nǐ zhī qián qù zhōng yuàn wǒ yǐ jīng fàng qì le bàn gè tiān hǎi chéng

你之前去中院 我已经放弃了半个天海城

“When you moved to the intermediate court, I already gave up half business of Tianhai City.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 29:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ dì yī tiān zhī dào fǎ guān hé lǜ shī yǒu huí bì zhì dù ma

“is this your first day knowing there's a recusal rule between judges and lawyers?”

nǐ zhī qián qù zhōng yuàn wǒ yǐ jīng fàng qì le bàn gè tiān hǎi chéng CURRENT FOCUS

你之前去中院 我已经 放弃 了半个天海城

“When you moved to the intermediate court, I already gave up half business of Tianhai City.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàn zài nǐ yào qù gāo yuàn le

现在你要去高院了

“Now you're heading to the high court.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING GRIEVANCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I already sacrificed half my practice for you; you cannot keep taking more without considering me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Judicial Recusal and Partner Career Conflicts

Under Chinese legal regulations, lawyers cannot represent cases in courts where their spouses or close relatives preside as judges, forcing one partner to sacrifice lucrative territorial practice.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #sacrifice #grievance #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
中院 SPOKEN CHUNK

Intermediate People's Court

Standard administrative abbreviation commonly used in Chinese legal and professional spoken contexts.

放弃了 SPOKEN CHUNK

gave up; conceded

Used to describe relinquishing a territory, market share, or personal benefit.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of past sacrifice, anchoring the grievance in undeniable historical reality.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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