《Generation to Generation》 S1·E22 (12:05)
HSK 2
wǒ zhè me zuò bù guò shì shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu
我这么做不过是顺水推舟
“I only went along with the flow”
《Generation to Generation》
S1·E22
TIMECODE: 12:05
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
ràng wǒ tuī zhōu gōng zi yī bǎ
让我推周公子一把
“to push him a little.”
wǒ zhè me zuò bù guò shì shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu
CURRENT FOCUS
我 这么做 不过是 顺水推舟
“I only went along with the flow”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
chéng rén zhī měi
成人之美
“to fulfill your wish.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
JUSTIFYING BEHAVIOR
Tone:
JUSTIFYING
Emotion:
CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not blame me for meddling; I only did what was bound to happen anyway to help them out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cheng Ren Zhi Mei (Helping Others Achieve Their Good Goals)
In Chinese social ethics, playing along with natural circumstances to help others fulfill positive desires, especially romance, is considered virtuous and socially adept.
INTENT TAGS:
#self_justification
#downplaying
#rationalization
#deflection
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
顺水推舟
SPOKEN CHUNK
to push the boat with the current; to take advantage of an opportunity or follow a natural trend
Use this idiom when you act conveniently in line with existing circumstances rather than forcing an outcome.
不过是
SPOKEN CHUNK
merely; nothing more than
Ideal for downplaying the seriousness or calculated nature of an action.
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3 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Generation to Generation》 S1·E22 (12:05) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus