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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E2 (05:45) HSK 4
xiǎng láo fán jì gōng zi hǎo rén zuò dào dǐ

想劳烦寄公子好人做到底

“Mr. Ji, would you be so kind”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 05:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ … nǐ bú yào a ?

你…你不要啊?

“You… You don't want it?”

xiǎng láo fán jì gōng zi hǎo rén zuò dào dǐ CURRENT FOCUS

想劳烦 寄公子 好人做到底

“Mr. Ji, would you be so kind”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bāng wǒ shàng yī shàng yào ba

帮我上一上药吧

“as to apply it for me?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: MAKING A REQUEST
Tone: COQUETTISH
Emotion: AFFECTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't stop helping me halfway; stay close and take care of me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Seeing a Favor Through (Song Fo Dao Xi)

Chinese interpersonal etiquette often invokes the traditional idiom 'sending Buddha all the way to the West' or 'being good to the end' to playfully obligate someone to continue helping.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading #flirting #requesting_favor #persuasion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
好人做到底 SPOKEN CHUNK

carry a good deed through to the end

A common idiomatic set phrase used when coaxing someone to finish helping you after they have already started.

劳烦 SPOKEN CHUNK

trouble someone / bother

A polite classical/formal honorific used to soften an imposition or request.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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