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《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E36 (21:52) HSK 7
wǒ zhēn shì fèi le yī fān gōng fu cái dé shǒu a

我真是费了一番工夫 才得手啊

“It took me quite a lot of trouble to take him.”

《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 21:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ bǎ tā bǎo hù dé kě zhēn gòu yán shí de

“You've shielded him so well.”

wǒ zhēn shì fèi le yī fān gōng fu cái dé shǒu a CURRENT FOCUS

我 真是 费了一番工夫 才 得手 啊

“It took me quite a lot of trouble to take him.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sī mù

思慕

“Simu.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: GLOATING
Tone: SMUG
Emotion: PRIDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You tried hard to hide him, but I still outsmarted you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Psychological Warfare in Adversarial Encounters

In martial and dramatic narratives, antagonists frequently emphasize how much effort was required to capture a prize to further humiliate and destabilize the opponent.

INTENT TAGS: #gloating #mockery #taunting #provocation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
费了一番工夫 SPOKEN CHUNK

expended a considerable amount of effort

Use when describing overcoming non-trivial obstacles to accomplish a challenging task.

得手 SPOKEN CHUNK

succeeded in one's scheme; got one's hands on something

Commonly used when an opportunistic, sneaky, or difficult objective has been achieved.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an exclamatory, self-satisfied flourish to underline the speaker's boast.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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