《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E17 (22:01)
HSK 4
jiù gěi tā dāng niú zuò mǎ dōu xíng
就给她当牛做马都行
“we'll work like slaves for her!”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E17
TIMECODE: 22:01
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ men huó zhe huí lái
我们活着回来
“and we make it back alive,”
jiù gěi tā dāng niú zuò mǎ dōu xíng
CURRENT FOCUS
就给她 当牛做马 都行
“we'll work like slaves for her!”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ yí dìng zǒu
我一定 走
“-I will! -Go!”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
PLEDGING GRATITUDE
Tone:
EARNEST
Emotion:
GRATITUDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am so deeply indebted that I would do whatever it takes to serve and repay her.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Repaying Debts of Gratitude (Bao'en)
A deeply rooted virtue in traditional Chinese ethics where extreme self-sacrifice is considered a noble way to repay someone who saved or helped you.
INTENT TAGS:
#pledging
#vowing
#gratitude
#humility
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
当牛做马
SPOKEN CHUNK
to work like a beast of burden; serve someone wholeheartedly
A common idiom expressing ultimate humility and willingness to do arduous labor to repay a debt of gratitude.
都行
SPOKEN CHUNK
is completely fine / works
Used to convey broad acceptance and flexibility with whatever terms are required.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
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