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《The Knockout》 S1·E31 (26:48) HSK 5
jué duì bù néng ràng ér zi zhān shǒu

绝对不能让儿子沾手

“you can't let our son get involved.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 26:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dì sān wú lùn yǐ hòu nǐ de shēng yì zuò dé duō dà

第三 无论以后 你的生意做得多大

“Third, no matter how big your business is,”

jué duì bù néng ràng ér zi zhān shǒu CURRENT FOCUS

绝对不能让 儿子 沾手

“you can't let our son get involved.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo wǒ dā yìng nǐ nǐ xiǎng qīng chǔ zài dā yìng

“Okay, I promise you. Think carefully before you say yes.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: RESOLVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do whatever you want with your life, but our child stays completely clean and away from danger.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Protecting Descendants (望子成龙/远离污浊)

Even figures operating in gray or criminal economies often maintain a strict red line to keep their children innocent and socially legitimate.

INTENT TAGS: #boundary_setting #protection #prohibition #ultimatum
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
沾手 SPOKEN CHUNK

to get involved in; to dabble in (often illicit or dirty affairs)

A vivid figurative expression meaning to touch or get entangled with something morally dubious or dangerous.

绝对不能 SPOKEN CHUNK

absolutely cannot; under no circumstances should

An emphatic phrase used to assert categorical prohibitions and strict bottom lines.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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