《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E6 (20:28)
HSK 3
huài rén nán zuò hǎo rén gèng nán zuò
坏人难做 好人更难做
“it's hard to be a bad guy, but even harder to be a good one.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 20:28
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jiù zhè nián tóu
就这年头
“In a time like this,”
huài rén nán zuò hǎo rén gèng nán zuò
CURRENT FOCUS
坏人难做 好人 更难做
“it's hard to be a bad guy, but even harder to be a good one.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
mǎn wū tā niáng
满屋他娘
“Manwu's mother”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
LAMENTING
Tone:
WISTFUL
Emotion:
DISILLUSIONMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Doing the right thing only brings suffering and no reward in times like these.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Dilemma in Hard Times
Reflects a common Chinese folk sentiment where upholding virtue during poverty or social crisis often exacts a punishing personal toll.
INTENT TAGS:
#lamenting
#philosophizing
#commiseration
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
更难做
SPOKEN CHUNK
even harder to be / do
Used to make a comparative emphasis when highlighting a particularly thankless or difficult social role.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E6 (20:28) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus