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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E20 (12:38) HSK 3
nǐ kě yǐ bǎ wǒ dàng zuò nǐ qīng yún lù shàng de diàn jiǎo shí

你可以把我当做你青云路上的垫脚石

“You can treat me as a stepping stone to your success.”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 12:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN liú yuān

刘渊

“Liu Yuan.”

nǐ kě yǐ bǎ wǒ dàng zuò nǐ qīng yún lù shàng de diàn jiǎo shí CURRENT FOCUS

你可以 把我当做 你 青云路 上 的 垫脚石

“You can treat me as a stepping stone to your success.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě nǐ cuò jiù cuò zài

可你错就错在

“But your fatal mistake”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REPROACHING
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Using me for your career was vile enough, but what you did next was unforgivable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Qingyun (Soaring Ambition vs. Moral Duty)

'青云直上' (rising directly into the blue clouds) represents supreme career ambition; trampling on loved ones as '垫脚石' to achieve it is a classic archetype of villainy in Chinese storytelling.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #condemnation #grievance #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
青云路 SPOKEN CHUNK

path to rapid promotion; soaring career path

A literary metaphor used to describe rapid ascent to political power or high social status.

垫脚石 SPOKEN CHUNK

stepping stone

Commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese to refer to someone who is used and discarded to advance another's goals.

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