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《The Knockout》 S1·E8 (31:49) HSK 6
yào kàn nǐ zěn me yòng suǒ yǐ shuō dào dǐ nǐ hái shì yào quán lì

要看你怎么用 所以说到底 你还是要权力

“It depends on how you use it. So in the end, you just want power.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 31:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN quán lì wú hǎo huài

权力无好坏

“power is not exclusively bad or good.”

yào kàn nǐ zěn me yòng suǒ yǐ shuō dào dǐ nǐ hái shì yào quán lì CURRENT FOCUS

要 看你 怎么用 所以说 到底 你还是要权力

“It depends on how you use it. So in the end, you just want power.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo a

好啊

“Fine.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING ARGUMENT
Tone: SHARP AND PIERCING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not pretend to be noble; you are just hungry for control.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dissecting Pretexts (揭穿借口)

In intellectual or political debates, cutting directly to someone's underlying self-interest strips away rhetoric and forces raw accountability.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #exposing motive #directness #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
要看 SPOKEN CHUNK

it depends on

Used to introduce conditional factors or criteria before evaluating a situation.

说到底 SPOKEN CHUNK

at the end of the day; bottom line; in the final analysis

A transition marker used to summarize the underlying truth or fundamental point of an issue.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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