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《Generation to Generation》 S1·E34 (10:42) HSK 1
wǒ běn xiǎng zuò shōu yú wēng zhī lì

我本想坐收渔翁之利

“(I intended to benefit from it.)”

《Generation to Generation》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 10:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qīng quē zōng yǐn dài lǜ zhòng yǔ zhī áo zhàn

青阙宗尹岱率众与之鏖战

“(Yin Dai of Qingque Sect led a battle against him.)”

wǒ běn xiǎng zuò shōu yú wēng zhī lì CURRENT FOCUS

我本想坐收渔翁之利

“(I intended to benefit from it.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qǐ liào

岂料

“(Unexpectedly,)”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ADMITTING MOTIVE
Tone: REFLECTIVE
Emotion: REGRET
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I thought I could easily exploit their fight, but things went completely out of my control.”
💡 Cultural Insight: The Fisherman's Profit Idiom

Derived from a classical fable where a snipe and a clam locked in a struggle are both caught by a passing fisherman, symbolizing third-party opportunism.

INTENT TAGS: #confessing_strategy #opportunism #foreshadowing_failure #self_reflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
本想 SPOKEN CHUNK

originally intended to

A concise, slightly literary way to say 'I originally planned to...', almost always followed by a reversal of fortune.

坐收渔翁之利 SPOKEN CHUNK

to reap the spoils without lifting a finger

An idiom used when a third party benefits from a conflict between two other rivals.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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