《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E13 (16:59)
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cháng yán dào zhī jǐ zhī bǐ
常言道知己知彼
“As the saying goes, know your enemy.”
《Cage of Shadows》
S1·E13
TIMECODE: 16:59
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nà duì zhǎng kě fǒu dài wǒ men guān mó yī xià
“Could you take us to observe, Captain?”
cháng yán dào zhī jǐ zhī bǐ
CURRENT FOCUS
常言道知己知彼
“As the saying goes, know your enemy.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhè yàng wǒ men yě bú huì zì luàn zhèn jiǎo
“That way, we won't fall into chaos ourselves.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
JUSTIFYING A REQUEST
Tone:
PERSUASIVE
Emotion:
EARNESTNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have to let us check things out, otherwise we'll be going in blind.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Classical Wisdom (Chengyu Rhetoric)
In Chinese communicative culture, quoting classical maxims or proverbs like Sun Tzu allows a speaker to borrow unquestioned authority, making polite requests persuasive without appearing insubordinate.
INTENT TAGS:
#persuasion
#justification
#strategic_reasoning
#polite_request
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
常言道
SPOKEN CHUNK
as the saying goes; as the proverb says
A classic rhetorical device used to introduce common wisdom or proverbs to reinforce one's argument.
知己知彼
SPOKEN CHUNK
know yourself and know your enemy
A ubiquitous idiom from Sun Tzu's Art of War, applied to sports, business, competitions, and exams.
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1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E13 (16:59) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus