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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E16 (28:52) HSK 6
jiāng yóu jī zhàn de xīng huǒ rán chéng liáo yuán zhī shì

将游击战的星火燃成燎原之势

“turning the sparks of guerrilla warfare into a prairie fire.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 28:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xīn sì jūn zhèng yǐ máo shān wèi xīn mài

新四军正以茅山为心脉

“the New Fourth Army was using Maoshan as its heart,”

jiāng yóu jī zhàn de xīng huǒ rán chéng liáo yuán zhī shì CURRENT FOCUS

将游击战的星火燃成 燎原之势

“turning the sparks of guerrilla warfare into a prairie fire.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ér yán ān fāng miàn zhèng ràng dǎng de gēn xì shēn zhā jìn yì wàn mín zhòng zhī jiān

而延安方面 正让党的根系 深扎进亿万民众之间

“And Yan'an was letting the Party's roots run deep among hundreds of millions of people.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: NARRATING HISTORY
Tone: INSPIRATIONAL
Emotion: PRIDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

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💡 Cultural Insight: A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire

Alludes to Mao Zedong's famous quote (星星之火,可以燎原), expressing strategic optimism that small revolutionary beginnings will inevitably prevail.

INTENT TAGS: #motivating #commemorating #declaring
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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星火 SPOKEN CHUNK

sparks; a single spark

A classic revolutionary metaphor representing a small initial force with massive potential.

燎原之势 SPOKEN CHUNK

momentum of a prairie fire; unstoppable force

Used in formal or literary Chinese to describe a rapid, sweeping expansion of power or movement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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