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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E24 (23:24) HSK 7
duō shǎo hái shì yào bǎo liú diǎn gǔ qì

多少还是要保留点骨气

“we need to keep our pride.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 23:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú dào zǒu tóu wú lù de dì bù

不到走投无路的地步

“Unless we're out of options,”

duō shǎo hái shì yào bǎo liú diǎn gǔ qì CURRENT FOCUS

多少还是 要 保留点骨气

“we need to keep our pride.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ wǒ xiàn zài sòng nín huí qù ma

我 我现在送您回去吗

“Should I take you back now?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ASSERTING DIGNITY
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: PRIDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I will not stoop so low and lose my self-respect just to get out of this fix.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guqi (Moral Backbone)

Chinese ethics places high value on 'guqi'—the unyielding moral integrity and dignity to resist humiliation even when facing deprivation or powerful adversaries.

INTENT TAGS: #self_respect #defiance #moral_stand #stubbornness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
多少还是要 SPOKEN CHUNK

at least to some degree one still needs to...

Used to express an irreducible minimum standard of behavior or principle.

保留点骨气 SPOKEN CHUNK

maintain some backbone / keep some self-respect

Use when encouraging someone not to grovel, demean themselves, or give up moral pride.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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