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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29 (38:17) HSK 7
nǐ píng liáng xīn shuō a nǐ nǐ jué de zhè me duō nián wǒ suàn shì yí gè

你凭良心说啊你 你觉得这么多年 我算是一个

“answer me honestly. Do you think that all these years, I've been”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 38:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bái jí

白及

“Bai Ji,”

nǐ píng liáng xīn shuō a nǐ nǐ jué de zhè me duō nián wǒ suàn shì yí gè CURRENT FOCUS

你凭良心说 啊你 你觉得 这么多年 我 算是 一个

“answer me honestly. Do you think that all these years, I've been”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hé gé de zhàng fū ma

合格的丈夫吗

“a good husband?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: DEMANDING VALIDATION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be honest and admit whether I've actually done right by you all these years.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Conscience (Liangxin)

Invoking 'conscience' (良心) is a potent moral appeal in Chinese culture, placing the interlocutor under heavy ethical pressure to be fair.

INTENT TAGS: #demanding_honesty #confrontation #seeking_validation #defending_worth
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
凭良心说 SPOKEN CHUNK

to speak honestly / in all fairness / from one's conscience

A powerful rhetorical chunk used to urge someone to drop bias and be completely fair.

算是一个 SPOKEN CHUNK

to count as a / to qualify as a

Used to describe meeting the baseline criteria or standard for a specific identity or role.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional intensity and reinforces the urgency of the confrontation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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