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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E29 (40:31) HSK 1
lái zǔ duàn nǐ men de cái lù

来阻断你们的财路

“to cut off your income stream.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 40:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ mǎ shàng jiù zǒu wǒ yào yòng nǐ men bù xiāng xìn de kē xué lái

我马上就走 我要用 你们不相信的科学 来

“I'll leave immediately. I'll use the science you reject to cut off your income stream.”

lái zǔ duàn nǐ men de cái lù CURRENT FOCUS

来阻断你们的财路

“to cut off your income stream.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dǎ tā dǎ tā dǎ tā dǎ tā wǎng sǐ lǐ dǎ ràng kāi

打他 打他 打他 打他 往死里打 让开

“- Hit him! - Beat him up! - Beat him! - Beat him to death! Move aside!”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: PROVOCATIVE
Emotion: DEFIANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Severing Wealth as Mortal Offense (断人财路)

In Chinese culture, interfering with someone's livelihood ('duan ren cai lu') is traditionally viewed as equivalent to murder, explaining the violent escalation in the next turn.

INTENT TAGS: #provocation #defiance #confrontation #threat
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
财路 SPOKEN CHUNK

source of income; way of making money

Commonly used in idioms and spoken expressions concerning business or livelihood, especially when someone interferes with another's earnings.

阻断 SPOKEN CHUNK

to block; to sever; to interrupt

A somewhat formal verb used here emphatically to denote deliberately cutting off a path or pipeline.

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