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《The First Jasmine》 S1·E9 (06:06) HSK 6
xiǎng lái gōng shū yǎng cóng qián yě shì zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn

想来公输仰从前也是 睁一只眼闭一只眼

“likely earlier Gongshu Yang turned a blind eye to problems.”

《The First Jasmine》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 06:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà zhèng zuǒ shí xíng shì rú cǐ

那郑佐时行事如此

“Given the way Zheng Zuoshi operates,”

xiǎng lái gōng shū yǎng cóng qián yě shì zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn CURRENT FOCUS

想来 公输仰从前 也是 睁一只眼闭一只眼

“likely earlier Gongshu Yang turned a blind eye to problems.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jīng zhào fǔ jī bì yǐ jiǔ

京兆府积弊已久

“This prefecture's issues run deep.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SPECULATING AND EXPLAINING
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: CYNICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't be surprised; past leadership knew all along and just chose to ignore it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Tacit Collusion

In traditional imperial bureaucracy, officials frequently avoided confrontation by turning a blind eye to subordinates' misdeeds to maintain factional harmony and protect themselves.

INTENT TAGS: #speculation #rationalization #critique #cynicism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
想来 SPOKEN CHUNK

presumably; it is likely that

Use at the beginning of a sentence to introduce a reasonable inference or deduction based on available context.

睁一只眼闭一只眼 SPOKEN CHUNK

turn a blind eye; overlook deliberate wrongdoing

A very common four-character idiom used when someone intentionally ignores misconduct or rule violations.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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