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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E20 (23:50) HSK 3
zhǐ yào nǐ shuō bú shì nǐ

只要你说不是你

“As long as you say it wasn't you,”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 23:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè yàng

这样

“How about this?”

zhǐ yào nǐ shuō bú shì nǐ CURRENT FOCUS

只要你说 不是你

“As long as you say it wasn't you,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jiù fàng nǐ zǒu

我就放你走

“I will let you go.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS
Tone: COAXING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Just give me any excuse to let you off the hook; say the word and this ends.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Giving a Way Out (给台阶下)

In high-stakes conflicts, offering a nominal denial gives both parties a face-saving exit strategy without demanding a total moral surrender.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #coaxing #face_saving #conditional_offer
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
只要 SPOKEN CHUNK

as long as; provided that

A fundamental conjunction used to introduce a minimal sufficient condition.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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