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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E20 (16:53) HSK 4
zhè me gǎn qíng yòng shì zhèng yīn wèi wǒ shì gè lǜ shī

这么感情用事 正因为我是个律师

“let emotions cloud your judgement! Exactly because I am a lawyer,”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 16:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhè yàng zuò hěn wēi xiǎn nǐ shì yí gè lǜ shī nǐ bù néng zǒng shì

你这样做很危险 你是一个律师 你不能总是

“[Zhiyuan Law Firm] That's a very dangerous move of yours. You are a lawyer. You can't always”

zhè me gǎn qíng yòng shì zhèng yīn wèi wǒ shì gè lǜ shī CURRENT FOCUS

这么 感情用事 正因为 我是 个律师

“let emotions cloud your judgement! Exactly because I am a lawyer,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ wǒ yào diào chá qīng chǔ huán yuán zhēn xiàng

“I must thoroughly investigate this matter and uncover the truth.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't lecture me about professional detachment; my job is to uncover what really happened.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Idealism vs. Realism in Law

Reflects the tension in Chinese legal culture between pragmatically avoiding institutional risk and pursuing justice with moral conviction.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #refutation #conviction #self_assertion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
感情用事 SPOKEN CHUNK

to act on impulse or let emotions cloud judgment

A common idiom used to critique someone making irrational or emotionally biased decisions.

正因为 SPOKEN CHUNK

precisely because

Used to take someone else's premise and flip it into the exact justification for one's own stance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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