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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E10 (36:46) HSK 4
nǐ yào shì liú yí gè zhǐ piàn nǐ jiù shì chù sheng

你要是留一个纸片 你就是畜生

“If you leave even a scrap behind, you're no better than an animal.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 36:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN děng nǐ sǐ le wǒ dì yī shí jiān bǎ nǐ suǒ yǒu dōng xī dōu shāo gěi nǐ

“When you die, I'll burn all your things for you right away.”

nǐ yào shì liú yí gè zhǐ piàn nǐ jiù shì chù sheng CURRENT FOCUS

你要是 留一个纸片 你就是 畜生

“If you leave even a scrap behind, you're no better than an animal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ fén tóu shàng nǐ dōu bú yào fàng wǒ de zhào piān de

“Don't even put my photo on my grave.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: MAKING A SEVERE WARNING
Tone: FIERCE
Emotion: DESPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Swear to me you'll burn every last trace of my stuff when I'm gone, or I'll never forgive you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Burning Belongings for the Deceased

In traditional Chinese funerary customs, a deceased person's clothes and personal items are burned so they can use them in the afterlife and so no lingering attachments remain in the living world.

💡 Cultural Insight: Conditional Self-Curses and Oaths

Close friends or family in China sometimes use extreme insults ('you are a dog/beast if you don't...') as a raw, colloquial way to seal a serious pact.

INTENT TAGS: #swearing_an_oath #hyperbolic_threat #demanding_compliance #dark_humor
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你要是 SPOKEN CHUNK

If you... (colloquial conditional)

Used at the beginning of a sentence to set up a strong condition, often followed by a warning or consequence in spoken Chinese.

畜生 SPOKEN CHUNK

Beast / brute / subhuman (strong insult)

A harsh swear word used to condemn someone as lacking basic human morality or loyalty; also used playfully or dramatic-ironically between very close friends in conditional oaths.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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