《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E38 (38:05)
HSK 7
nǐ nà yī jǐ sī xīn bà le
你那一己私心罢了
“of your own selfish motives.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E38
TIMECODE: 38:05
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhǐ yīn wèi
只因为
“It's simply because”
nǐ nà yī jǐ sī xīn bà le
CURRENT FOCUS
你那一己 私心 罢了
“of your own selfish motives.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
cǐ nǎi
此乃
“This is... [To the Prime Minister]”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
ACCUSING
Tone:
SCATHING
Emotion:
DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not pretend this is noble; you are doing this solely for yourself.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Selflessness vs. Selfishness (Gong vs. Si)
In Confucian political thought, subordinating public virtue to private interest is considered the ultimate moral failure for a leader or minister.
INTENT TAGS:
#unmasking
#criticism
#delegitimization
#dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
一己私心
SPOKEN CHUNK
one's own selfish motives
A formal literary idiom commonly used in serious debates to criticize someone for putting personal interest above the collective good.
罢了
SPOKEN CHUNK
nothing more than / that is all
Placed at the end of a sentence to downplay, minimize, or disparagingly summarize an issue.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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