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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (26:30) HSK 3
zài zhè ná diǎn dōng xī qí shí jiù shì wèi le yǎng jiā hú kǒu

在这拿点东西其实就是为了养家糊口

“We take a few things here only to support our families.”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 26:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men wú yì mào fàn

我们无意冒犯

“we mean no disrespect.”

zài zhè ná diǎn dōng xī qí shí jiù shì wèi le yǎng jiā hú kǒu CURRENT FOCUS

在这 拿点东西 其实 就是为了 养家糊口

“We take a few things here only to support our families.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men bǎo zhèng bù yǐng xiǎng nín zài cǐ cháng mián duō duō jiàn liàng

我们保证不影响您在此长眠 多多见谅

“We promise not to disturb your eternal rest. Please forgive us.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: PLEADING JUSTIFICATION
Tone: APOLOGETIC
Emotion: FEAR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please forgive us; we are desperate and have no other way to survive.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Apologizing to the Deceased

In Chinese folklore and tomb-raiding traditions, intruders apologize to the spirits of the dead, believing that proving pure desperation and lack of malice avoids curses.

INTENT TAGS: #self_justification #appeasement #apology #minimization
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
养家糊口 SPOKEN CHUNK

to support one's family / to scrape a living

A classic four-character idiom invoked to justify difficult or morally ambiguous labor out of necessity.

拿点东西 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take a few things

A euphemistic phrasing used to downplay theft or unauthorized taking.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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