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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E22 (35:09) HSK 7
zhǐ néng zài zhè zhuāng guāi zhuāng dé shèn shì xīn kǔ

只能在这装乖装得甚是辛苦

“and instead have to pretend to be obedient here —it must be exhausting.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 35:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lián xī nǐ bù néng gēn zhe yàn lí zhěng rì pǎo mǎ yǐn jiǔ

怜惜你不能跟着燕离 整日跑马饮酒

“I'm sorry that you can't run around drinking and racing horses with Yan Li all day,”

zhǐ néng zài zhè zhuāng guāi zhuāng dé shèn shì xīn kǔ CURRENT FOCUS

只能 在这 装乖 装得 甚是辛苦

“and instead have to pretend to be obedient here —it must be exhausting.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shèng shàng jià dào

圣上驾到

“His Majesty is here!”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SELF MOCKERY
Tone: PLAYFUL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Playing the obedient noble is suffocating, but I have no other choice here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Palace Etiquette Constraints

In traditional imperial courts, nobles had to suppress their authentic desires and project complete decorum to survive political scrutiny.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #feigning_compliance #venting #confiding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
装乖 SPOKEN CHUNK

to pretend to be well-behaved or docile

Use this spoken phrase to describe deliberately feigning obedience to please elders or authority figures.

甚是 SPOKEN CHUNK

extremely; exceedingly

A slightly archaic, literary equivalent of 'very' frequently heard in costume dramas.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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