《COURT!》 S1·E17 (29:54)
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shā rén cháng mìng qiàn zhài huán qián
杀人偿命 欠债还钱
“A life for a life, a debt for a debt.”
《COURT!》
S1·E17
TIMECODE: 29:54
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
shā rén cháng mìng qiàn zhài huán qián
CURRENT FOCUS
杀人偿命 欠债还钱
“A life for a life, a debt for a debt.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nín shì fǎ guān
您是法官
“You're a judge.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
ASSERTING JUSTICE
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“There are no excuses here; she must pay the ultimate price for what she did.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Traditional Retributive Justice (Bao Ying)
This phrase reflects deeply rooted Chinese folk concepts of natural justice and karma, often cited by ordinary people when they feel modern legal procedures might be too lenient.
INTENT TAGS:
#retribution
#accountability
#moral_absolutism
#demanding_justice
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
杀人偿命
SPOKEN CHUNK
a life for a life; a murderer must pay with their life
Often paired with '欠债还钱' as an eight-character idiom to express that retributive justice is an undeniable law of nature.
欠债还钱
SPOKEN CHUNK
a debt must be paid in money
Used literally regarding financial debts or metaphorically to mean everyone must take responsibility for their actions.
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2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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