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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E23 (34:37) HSK 6
dàn shì lǎo tài tài hái dé lā chě zhe ér zi

但是老太太还得拉扯着儿子

“But the old lady still has to care for her son.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 34:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fáng zi què shí yīng gāi pàn gěi wáng dà yé

房子确实应该判给王大爷

“the house should indeed be awarded to Mr. Wang.”

dàn shì lǎo tài tài hái dé lā chě zhe ér zi CURRENT FOCUS

但是老太太 还得 拉扯着儿子

“But the old lady still has to care for her son.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN měi gè yuè kào zhe bú dào liǎng qiān de jiù zhù zài jiāo fáng zū

每个月靠着不到两千的救助 再交房租

“Relying on less than two thousand a month in assistance and paying rent,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: APPEALING TO SYMPATHY
Tone: COMPASSIONATE
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“The law may be fair to the old man, but what will become of this poor mother and her son?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tension Between Law and Human Sentiment (Fa vs Qing)

In Chinese legal disputes, strict legal entitlement often clashes with cultural expectations of compassion toward vulnerable dependents.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading #sympathy #counterbalancing #highlighting_hardship
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拉扯 SPOKEN CHUNK

to bring up or support a child with great difficulty

A colloquial northern term commonly used to describe raising children through hardships and poverty.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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