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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E2 (14:02) HSK 6
jìng rán yǒu gè shì jīn qián rú fèn tǔ de dì di

竟然有个视金钱如粪土的弟弟

“actually has a younger brother who cared little about money.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 14:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng bú dào yě xīn bó bó de zhōng yǒng hóu

“What a shock that the ambitious Marquis of Zhongyong”

jìng rán yǒu gè shì jīn qián rú fèn tǔ de dì di CURRENT FOCUS

竟然 有个 视金钱如粪土 的弟弟

“actually has a younger brother who cared little about money.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhōng yǒng hóu fǔ míng yì shàng suī wèi fēn jiā

忠勇侯府名义上虽未分家

“The Qin brothers have always lived together.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: EXPRESSING ASTONISHMENT
Tone: IRONIC
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“How absurd and inconvenient that someone in such an ambitious family pretends to care nothing for wealth.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Noble Aloofness vs. Worldly Ambition

Classical Chinese values praise the virtuous scholar who disdains money, but political realists often view such idealism with suspicion or amusement.

INTENT TAGS: #irony #mockery #disbelief #observation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
视金钱如粪土 SPOKEN CHUNK

to view money as mere dirt; to treat wealth with utter contempt

A set idiom describing someone who is exceptionally aloof from material wealth or worldly gain.

竟然有 SPOKEN CHUNK

unexpectedly has; to actually possess

Used to introduce an outcome or fact that goes against general expectation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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