MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Lady Liberty》 S1·E22 (07:01) HSK 7
gāi fù zé fù zé tā xiàn zài zhǐ shì zuò le tā yīng gāi zuò de ér yǐ

该负责负责 他现在只是做了 他应该做的而已

“He took responsibility. He just did what he was supposed to do.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 07:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě méi yǒu lì yòng wǒ

“or use me.”

gāi fù zé fù zé tā xiàn zài zhǐ shì zuò le tā yīng gāi zuò de ér yǐ CURRENT FOCUS

该负责负责 他现在 只是做了 他 应该做的 而已

“He took responsibility. He just did what he was supposed to do.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā rú guǒ bǎ nǐ lā chū lái qù chéng zé qù dān zé

“If he had thrown you under the bus to take the blame,”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DOWNPLAYING MERIT
Tone: OBJECTIVE AND DISMISSIVE
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't praise him or feel grateful; he just did his basic duty.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Fennei Zhi Shi (Bounden Duty)

In Chinese social ethics, performing one's predefined duty (fennei zhi shi) warrants no special praise or gratitude from others.

INTENT TAGS: #downplaying #dismissal #rationalizing #setting_boundaries
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
该负责负责 SPOKEN CHUNK

taking responsibility where responsibility is due

A colloquial duplication pattern indicating doing what is logically expected without extra credit.

只是...而已 SPOKEN CHUNK

merely... nothing more

Use this structure to downplay the significance or severity of an action.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Lady Liberty》 S1·E22 (07:01) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus