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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E16 (16:49) HSK 4
zhǐ yào bǎi xìng sǐ dé yuè duō

只要百姓死得越多

“The more civilians die,”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 16:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù wǎng fèi zhǔ zi kǔ xīn chóu móu

“Your painstaking planning wasn't in vain.”

zhǐ yào bǎi xìng sǐ dé yuè duō CURRENT FOCUS

只要 百姓死得越多

“The more civilians die,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi dǎng zuì míng jiù yuè dà

魏党罪名就越大

“the greater the Wei faction's crimes.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: POLITICAL SCHEMING
Tone: CALCULATING
Emotion: RUTHLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Their suffering doesn't matter; it's useful fuel to destroy our enemies.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Factions and Power Struggles

In historical court contexts, factions frequently treated the lives of common folk as mere pawns to frame or execute their political rivals.

INTENT TAGS: #scheming #calculating #rationalizing #coldhearted
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
只要 SPOKEN CHUNK

as long as; provided that

A conditional conjunction that sets the prerequisite for a subsequent outcome.

越……越…… SPOKEN CHUNK

the more... the more...

A standard correlative structure indicating that one degree increases in proportion to another.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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