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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25 (14:40) HSK 6
zhì shǎo yào fù chū shàng bǎi nián de dài jià

至少要付出 上百年的代价

“would take at least hundreds of years.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 14:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng yào zài huī fù huí lái

想要再恢复回来

“recovering from it”

zhì shǎo yào fù chū shàng bǎi nián de dài jià CURRENT FOCUS

至少 要付出 上百年的 代价

“would take at least hundreds of years.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè ge dài jià

这个代价

“That cost”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: WARNING
Tone: SOLEMN
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Long-Term Cost Consciousness

In Chinese public policy and conservation discourse, highlighting multidecadal or centennial costs is a common rhetorical strategy to convey irreversible damage.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #emphasis #gravity #caution
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
付出……的代价 SPOKEN CHUNK

pay the price of...

A standard collocation used to describe suffering severe consequences or investing huge resources to rectify an issue.

上百年 SPOKEN CHUNK

over a hundred years; centuries

The prefix '上' attached to numbers indicates exceeding that amount, emphasizing sheer duration or scale.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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