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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (51:22) HSK 2
chū shì jiù shì tiān dà de shì

出事就是天大的事

“But if something goes wrong, it'll be catastrophic.”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 51:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā bù chū shì zé yǐ

“As long as nothing happens to him, fine.”

chū shì jiù shì tiān dà de shì CURRENT FOCUS

出事 就是 天大的事

“But if something goes wrong, it'll be catastrophic.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà jiù ràng wǒ gē gǎn jǐn tíng xià lái shì ba tā tíng bù xià lái le

那就让我哥赶紧停下来 是吧 他停不下来了

“You mean I should stop my brother, right? He can't stop.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EMPHASIZING RISK
Tone: GRAVE
Emotion: FEAR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He is playing with fire, and if he slips up, we are all doomed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Proverbial Exaggeration

Using cosmic metaphors like 'Tian' (heaven/sky) to describe calamity reflects a common Chinese rhetorical strategy to convey ultimate gravity and urgency.

INTENT TAGS: #gravity #catastrophic risk #grave warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
天大的事 SPOKEN CHUNK

a matter of utmost gravity; an enormous disaster

An exaggerated colloquial idiom used to describe an overwhelmingly serious event.

不出事则已 SPOKEN CHUNK

nothing happens until it does; as long as nothing goes wrong it is fine

Paired with 'once something happens...', used to describe walking on a knife's edge where mistakes are fatal.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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