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《The First Jasmine》 S1·E25 (25:13) HSK 5
yǒu xiē shì qíng bú shì nǐ jiǎng dào lǐ jiù néng shuō dé guò qù de

有些事情不是你讲道理 就能说得过去的

“Some things can't be justified just by bringing out the facts and reasons.”

《The First Jasmine》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 25:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dìng wáng fǔ tā jīng lì le shén me ya

定王府他经历了什么呀

“You didn't witness what happened to Prince Ding's Mansion.”

yǒu xiē shì qíng bú shì nǐ jiǎng dào lǐ jiù néng shuō dé guò qù de CURRENT FOCUS

有些事情 不是 你 讲道理 就能 说得过去 的

“Some things can't be justified just by bringing out the facts and reasons.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lí ér

璃儿

“Li, I am indeed unmarried.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: ADVISING
Tone: SOLEMN
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wake up; reason and logic mean nothing against brutal reality and power.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Limits of 'Li' (Rational Principle)

In Chinese social philosophy, although reasoning (讲道理) is valued, emotional ties (情) and circumstantial power realities (势) often override abstract principles.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #cautioning #philosophical_advice #disillusionment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
讲道理 SPOKEN CHUNK

to reason things out; to be reasonable

Used to describe appealing to logic, morals, or common sense in an argument.

说得过去 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be justifiable; to pass muster

A frequent oral idiom indicating that an explanation or situation is acceptable or makes sense.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions here to emphasize a categorical certainty or conviction about how the world works.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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