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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25 (26:47) HSK 4
gōng ān jú gěi wǒ men de qiāng dàn dōu bù gòu

公安局给我们的枪弹 都不够

“The guns and ammo the Public Security Bureau gave us weren't enough.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 26:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dào cǎi jīn kuàng de rén hé qiāng hěn duō

盗采金矿的人和枪 很多

“the illegal gold miners had lots of guns.”

gōng ān jú gěi wǒ men de qiāng dàn dōu bù gòu CURRENT FOCUS

公安局 给我们的 枪弹 都 不够

“The guns and ammo the Public Security Bureau gave us weren't enough.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men bù dé bù zuò diǎn zhǔn bèi zhè cì shì shuí lián xì de

“We had to make some preparations. Who arranged the deal this time?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We have no choice but to break the rules to arm ourselves, because official channels have failed us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Grassroots Desperation (Bipai Weixian)

Under severe logistical shortages and life-or-death pressure, grassroots personnel may feel compelled to resort to unconventional or unauthorized means to survive.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #rationalization #highlighting_shortage #defensiveness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
枪弹 SPOKEN CHUNK

arms and ammunition

A concise spoken abbreviation of '枪支弹药' (guns and ammunition).

都不够 SPOKEN CHUNK

not even enough

Uses '都' to emphasize an extreme baseline condition that still fails to meet basic needs.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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