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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E16 (06:39) HSK 4
qiān wàn bié ràng rén zhé rǔ le biàn shì

千万别让人折辱了便是

“Just make sure no one humiliates her.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 06:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dài huí qù ràng dà gē zì xíng jué dìng

“we'll take her back and let my brother decide for himself.”

qiān wàn bié ràng rén zhé rǔ le biàn shì CURRENT FOCUS

千万别 让人折辱了 便是

“Just make sure no one humiliates her.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì

是

“Yes.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Honor and Humiliation (士可杀不可辱)

Chinese martial and court culture places immense value on dignity; even captives or defeated foes should not be subjected to petty humiliation before a formal judgment.

INTENT TAGS: #instruction #admonition #protection #emphasis
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
千万别 SPOKEN CHUNK

by all means do not; whatever you do, don't

An emphatic negative imperative used to give serious warnings or instructions.

折辱 SPOKEN CHUNK

humiliate; subject to indignities

A literary term used frequently in period dramas to denote dishonor or bodily humiliation.

便是 SPOKEN CHUNK

and that will suffice; simply that

A classical/period drama sentence-final pattern equivalent to modern '就是了'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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