《The Lead》 S1·E40 (35:32)
HSK 4
rén zǒu chá liáng
人走茶凉
“Once you're out, the tea goes cold.”
《The Lead》
S1·E40
TIMECODE: 35:32
·
1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè néng néng shàng háng shǔ zhōng xué de shì qíng bú shì nǐ bà bù bàn ma
这能能上行署中学的事情 不是你爸不办嘛
“it's not up to your dad whether your son can get into Xingshu Middle School.”
rén zǒu chá liáng
CURRENT FOCUS
人走茶凉
“Once you're out, the tea goes cold.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhè xíng shǔ zhōng xué de xiào zhǎng yǐ qián jiù shì nǐ bà de shǒu xià
这行署中学的校长 以前就是你爸的手下
“The principal used to be your dad's subordinate.”
Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode
Browse Show Clips →
Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
RESIGNATION
Tone:
RESIGNED
Emotion:
HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't count on my dad anymore; people ignore you the moment you lose power.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Ren Qing and Fading Power (人情世故)
In Chinese social networks, favor-based relationships often evaporate immediately when an official leaves their post, captured succinctly by this idiom.
INTENT TAGS:
#resignation
#explaining_reality
#cynicism
🧩
1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
人走茶凉
SPOKEN CHUNK
relationships cool down once someone leaves office or passes away
A very common four-character idiom used to describe the fickle nature of social connections and lost influence.
🏮
1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The Lead》 S1·E40 (35:32) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus