《Light to the Night》 S1·E19 (25:08)
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liǎng nián qián wǒ fèi le jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
两年前 我费了九牛二虎之力
“Two years ago, I worked my tail off.”
《Light to the Night》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 25:08
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
liǎng nián qián ？
两年前？
“Two years ago?”
liǎng nián qián wǒ fèi le jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
CURRENT FOCUS
两年前 我费了 九牛二虎之力
“Two years ago, I worked my tail off.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ zěn me yì diǎn dōu bú jì dé a ？
“Why don't I remember any of it?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
EMPHASIZING EFFORT
Tone:
DRAMATIC
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I broke my back doing this for you last time, so don't treat it like it was nothing.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Highlighting Favors (Shuo Renqing)
In Chinese interpersonal relationships, explicitly mentioning the extraordinary effort spent on a past favor reinforces social reciprocity and mutual obligation.
INTENT TAGS:
#emphasizing_effort
#complaining
#seeking_validation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
费了九牛二虎之力
SPOKEN CHUNK
exerted tremendous effort / moved heaven and earth
A common idiom used colloquially to emphasize that an enormous amount of sweat and effort went into accomplishing a difficult task.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Light to the Night》 S1·E19 (25:08) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus