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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E14 (29:00) HSK 2
tì lèi héng liú a

涕泪横流啊

“crying his eyes out.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 29:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yún qí yǐ jīng gòu cǎn de le gāng cái tā jiù zài zhè ér

云旗已经够惨的了 刚才他就在这儿

“Yunqi has had it hard enough. He was just here,”

tì lèi héng liú a CURRENT FOCUS

涕泪横流 啊

“crying his eyes out.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN fán shì ne shì kě ér zhǐ

“You've got to know when to draw the line.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: EVOKING SYMPATHY
Tone: EMPATHIC
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He has suffered enough, so please let him off the hook.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing for Leniency (留情面)

In Chinese social interactions, emphasizing someone's public distress or misery is often used to urge a superior or peer to back off and avoid driving someone into a corner.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading #evoking_sympathy #mediating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
涕泪横流 SPOKEN CHUNK

tears and mucus flowing freely; weeping uncontrollably

A vivid four-character idiom used colloquially or narratively to dramatize someone's intense crying.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Enhances emotional emphasis and calls for the listener's immediate agreement or sympathy.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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