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《The Heir》 S1·E6 (32:18) HSK 7
yào shì liǎng nián yǐ hòu nǐ hái shì běn xìng bù gǎi de huà

要是两年以后 你还是本性不改的话

“If you still haven't changed your ways in 2 years,”

《The Heir》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 32:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qù le yǐ hòu hǎo hǎo nǔ lì

去了以后好好努力

“Work hard after you get there.”

yào shì liǎng nián yǐ hòu nǐ hái shì běn xìng bù gǎi de huà CURRENT FOCUS

要是 两年以后 你还是 本性不改 的话

“If you still haven't changed your ways in 2 years,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù bié jìn wǒ luò jiā de mén

“don't ever come back to the Luo family.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: SETTING ULTIMATUM
Tone: WARNING
Emotion: STERNNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Family Discipline and Disowning

In traditional Chinese lineage culture, family honor depends on moral integrity, and elders possess the absolute moral authority to banish unrepentant kin.

INTENT TAGS: #ultimatum #warning #moral_discipline #conditional_threat
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
本性不改 SPOKEN CHUNK

unchanged in one's true nature / refusing to mend one's ways

A critical idiomatic phrase used to reprimand someone who persistently repeats bad habits or moral flaws.

要是……的话 SPOKEN CHUNK

if / in case

A standard spoken conditional frame used to set hypothetical scenarios or stipulations.

Modal Particle「的话」 (dehua) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the conditional clause marker '要是' in spoken discourse.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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