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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E35 (39:07) HSK 7
wǒ de rén dōu bèi lǎo shī dīng sǐ le wǒ yě bù gǎn dǎ cǎo jīng shé

我的人都被老师盯死了 我也不敢打草惊蛇

“All my men are being watched closely by my mentor, and I dare not startle them either.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E35
TIMECODE: 39:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zàn wú shí zhèng

暂无实证

“There is no solid evidence yet.”

wǒ de rén dōu bèi lǎo shī dīng sǐ le wǒ yě bù gǎn dǎ cǎo jīng shé CURRENT FOCUS

我的人都被老师 盯死了 我 也不 敢打 草惊蛇

“All my men are being watched closely by my mentor, and I dare not startle them either.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhǐ néng yǎng zhàng nǐ le

只能仰仗你了

“I can only rely on you.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY
Tone: CAUTIOUS
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“My hands are tied because he is watching my every move, so you must carry out the mission for me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Factional Surveillance (Pai Xi Zhi Heng)

In Chinese bureaucratic and historical narratives, covert monitoring among factions requires extreme caution to avoid tipping off powerful adversaries.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #cautiousness #entrusting #explaining_constraints
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
盯死了 SPOKEN CHUNK

watched like a hawk / monitored intensely

An idiomatic spoken structure meaning someone's movements are completely neutralized by tight surveillance.

打草惊蛇 SPOKEN CHUNK

beat the grass and startle the snake; alert the enemy prematurely

A classic idiom used when cautioning against premature actions that might reveal one's hand to an opponent.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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