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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E20 (05:32) HSK 3
zhè ge cái shì zhì biāo zhì běn de bàn fǎ

这个才是 治标治本的办法

“That is the way to cure both the symptoms and the root cause.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 05:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN huī fù niú yáng de shù liàng

恢复牛羊的数量

“restore the livestock numbers.”

zhè ge cái shì zhì biāo zhì běn de bàn fǎ CURRENT FOCUS

这个 才是 治标治本 的 办法

“That is the way to cure both the symptoms and the root cause.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ men shuō ne

你们说呢

“What do you think?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROPOSING SOLUTION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Holistic Problem Solving (Biao and Ben)

Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, contrasting surface symptoms (biao) with underlying root causes (ben) is standard rhetorical practice in Chinese policy and problem analysis.

INTENT TAGS: #proposing #convincing #problem_solving #asserting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
治标治本 SPOKEN CHUNK

to treat both the symptoms and the root cause

A highly common four-character idiom used in discussions to highlight permanent and comprehensive solutions.

才是……的办法 SPOKEN CHUNK

is the truly effective way to...

Used to emphasize that the stated option is superior to prior alternatives.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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