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《Generation to Generation》 S1·E4 (18:08) HSK 3
zhǐ yào nǐ bù zuò shāng tiān hài lǐ de shì

只要你不做伤天害理的事

“As long as you do nothing evil,”

《Generation to Generation》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 18:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà wǒ jiù dāng nǐ shì cháng níng

那我就当你是常宁

“so I'll treat you as Chang Ning.”

zhǐ yào nǐ bù zuò shāng tiān hài lǐ de shì CURRENT FOCUS

只要你 不做 伤天害理 的 事

“As long as you do nothing evil,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ hái shì huì hù zhe nǐ

我还是会护着你

“I'll protect you”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SETTING CONDITIONS
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: CAUTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know who you really are, and I will cover for you, but do not push my moral limits.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tianli (Heavenly Principle and Conscience)

Traditional Chinese morality often judges extreme wrongdoing not just by legal standards, but by whether an act violates 'Tianli'—the natural moral order of heaven and human conscience.

INTENT TAGS: #conditional_support #warning #moral_boundary #compromise
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
只要 SPOKEN CHUNK

as long as; provided that

Essential conjunction used to state a sufficient condition, usually followed by 'jiu' or 'hai shi' in the next clause.

伤天害理 SPOKEN CHUNK

to do things that offend heaven and reason; atrocious and unconscionable

A very common idiom used in everyday speech to describe deeply immoral, cruel, or wicked acts.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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