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《COURT!》 S1·E3 (14:22) HSK 5
jì suàn zhe tā men měi yī jīn liǎng de jià gé

计算着他们每一斤两的价格

“(calculating their value down to every last detail.)”

《COURT!》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 14:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zì sī de fù mǔ

自私的父母

“(The selfish parents)”

jì suàn zhe tā men měi yī jīn liǎng de jià gé CURRENT FOCUS

计算着他们每一 斤两 的价格

“(calculating their value down to every last detail.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè xiē fù mǔ

这些父母

“(These parents)”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CRITICIZING BEHAVIOR
Tone: SCATHING
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They don't love their children at all—they just view them as meat to be weighed and sold for profit.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Traditional Weight Units as Metaphors

Terms like '斤两' (catties and ounces) frequently symbolize cold commercial transaction, evoking market butcher shops when applied cynically to human relationships.

INTENT TAGS: #condemnation #moral_outrage #criticism #metaphor
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
斤两 SPOKEN CHUNK

weight; catties and ounces (figuratively: worth or bargaining value)

Derived from traditional Chinese units of weight (jin and liang), often used metaphorically to mean physical substance or exact pricing.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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