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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E38 (40:31) HSK 4
dàn shì bù néng dǎ huā le fǒu zé tā shì huì kū bí zi de

但是不能打花了 否则他是会哭鼻子的

“but don't bruise it, or he'll cry.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 40:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kě yǐ dǎ tā de liǎn

你可以打他的脸

“You can slap his face,”

dàn shì bù néng dǎ huā le fǒu zé tā shì huì kū bí zi de CURRENT FOCUS

但是 不能 打花了 否则 他是会 哭鼻子 的

“but don't bruise it, or he'll cry.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qī gē nǐ fàng xīn ba jiù kàn zhe tā zhè zhāng liǎn de fèn shàng

七哥你放心吧 就看着他这张脸的份上

“Don't worry, Chi. Just for the sake of his pretty face,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: MOCKING WARNING
Tone: SARCASTIC AND SADISTIC
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Ruin his dignity, but spare his pretty face or he will act like a pathetic, whining child.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Physical Face vs Moral Face

Here, literal physical beauty ('face') is mockingly conflated with social prestige, reducing an adversary to a vain, delicate weakling unable to endure hardship.

INTENT TAGS: #derision #humiliation #mockery #restraint
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打花 SPOKEN CHUNK

to hit someone until their face is battered, bruised, or disfigured

Colloquial and vivid phrase describing facial injury from physical violence.

哭鼻子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to snivel; to cry childishly

A diminutive and slightly derogatory term for crying, used to portray someone as immature or pathetic.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a resultative marker indicating the potential completed state of facial disfigurement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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