《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E22 (15:30)
HSK 7
bù guò shì yù qín gù zòng bà le
不过是欲擒故纵罢了
“It is merely a ploy to catch them.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E22
TIMECODE: 15:30
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
bù guò shì yù qín gù zòng bà le
CURRENT FOCUS
不过是 欲擒故纵 罢了
“It is merely a ploy to catch them.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
tā dìng huì hé nà xiǎo zǎi zi qù huì miàn de
他定会和那小崽子去会面的
“He will definitely meet with that brat.”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
ANALYZING STRATEGY
Tone:
CONDESCENDING
Emotion:
CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't panic; their retreat is just a trap, and I have outsmarted them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Classical Stratagems (The Thirty-Six Stratagems)
Chinese political discourse often analyzes human behavior through classical military maxims, assuming tactical calculation behind superficial gestures.
INTENT TAGS:
#downplaying
#strategic_analysis
#confidence
#condescension
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
欲擒故纵
SPOKEN CHUNK
playing hard to get; letting someone loose to catch them later
A classical idiom from the Thirty-Six Stratagems, frequently used in strategic, political, and romantic contexts.
不过是……罢了
SPOKEN CHUNK
merely... and nothing more
A rhetorical framing pattern used to downplay the significance or threat of an event or person.
Modal Particle「罢了」 (bale)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens yet belittles, expressing that the situation is trivial or unworthy of worry.
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3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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