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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (30:38) HSK 4
xiè xiè nǐ bù guò

谢谢你 不过

“Thank you. But,”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 30:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ xiāng xìn nǐ kě yǐ de

我相信你可以的

“I believe you can do it.”

xiè xiè nǐ bù guò CURRENT FOCUS

谢谢你 不过

“Thank you. But,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ xiǎng wǒ men yǐ hòu bú huì zài tíng shàng jiàn miàn le

“I think in the future, we will not meet in court.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: POLITE HEDGING
Tone: HESITANT
Emotion: SADNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I appreciate your faith in me, but reality is different and this is likely the end of our working together.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hedging Bad News (Pave the Way)

Chinese interpersonal communication often prefaces negative news, departures, or disagreements with polite gratitude to preserve relational harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #gratitude #hedging #boundary_setting #transition
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
谢谢你 SPOKEN CHUNK

thank you

Standard conversational expression of gratitude, often followed by a pivot like '不过' when qualifying acceptance.

不过 SPOKEN CHUNK

however; but

A conversational adversative conjunction used to gently transition to a contrary point or bad news.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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