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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E22 (22:02) HSK 6
fū rén nín kě qiān wàn bié xiǎng bù kāi

夫人 您可千万别想不开

“My Lady, please don't do anything foolish.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 22:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù guò wǒ mó jiān le yī xiē

不过我磨尖了一些

“I just sharpened it a bit.”

fū rén nín kě qiān wàn bié xiǎng bù kāi CURRENT FOCUS

夫人 您可 千万别 想不开

“My Lady, please don't do anything foolish.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN fàng xīn ba wǒ bú huì xún sǐ de

“Don't worry. I won't kill myself.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: PLEADING
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Euphemisms for Suicide (Xiangbukai)

Direct references to death are culturally taboo; phrasing suicide as 'not thinking through things' (想不开) frames it as a temporary mental blockage rather than a definitive act.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading #warning #urgent_appeal #concern
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
可千万别 SPOKEN CHUNK

under no circumstances / whatever you do, do not

A forceful negative imperative used to passionately warn or plead with someone.

想不开 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take things hard / to be unable to get over something (often a euphemism for suicide)

Commonly used when someone is brooding or on the verge of doing something self-destructive.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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