《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E25 (12:05)
HSK 7
dāng rán shì kǔn huí qù dāng niú zuò mǎ bei
当然是捆回去当牛做马呗
“Tie them up and let them work as slaves.”
《The Imperial Coroner》
S2·E25
TIMECODE: 12:05
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ dǎ suàn zěn me chǔ zhì
你打算怎么处置
“How are you planning to deal with them?”
dāng rán shì kǔn huí qù dāng niú zuò mǎ bei
CURRENT FOCUS
当然是捆回去当牛做马呗
“Tie them up and let them work as slaves.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yào shì guān láo lǐ
要是关牢里
“If I put them in prison,”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
DECLARING INTENTION
Tone:
CALLOUS
Emotion:
SPITE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Beasts of Burden Metaphor
Comparing labor to cattle and horses represents extreme subservience or heavy physical exploitation in Chinese cultural idioms.
INTENT TAGS:
#retaliation
#casual_cruelty
#decision_making
#pragmatic_plan
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
当牛做马
SPOKEN CHUNK
to work like a beast of burden; to be treated as cattle
Can be used metaphorically to express willingness to repay deep debts of gratitude, or literally as harsh exploitation.
Modal Particle「呗」 (bei)
CHANGE OF STATE
Conveys an obvious, casual, or matter-of-fact attitude towards the decision.
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3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E25 (12:05) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus