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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (38:37) HSK 5
jué duì bú huì shí yán wǒ shuō dào zuò dào

绝对不会食言 我说到做到

“I absolutely will not break my word. I mean what I say.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 38:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jīn tiān wǒ jì rán néng zài zhè lǐ shuō jì zhě péng yǒu men yě dōu zài

今天我既然能在这里说 记者朋友们也都在

“Since I've said it here today, with all of you reporters present,”

jué duì bú huì shí yán wǒ shuō dào zuò dào CURRENT FOCUS

绝对不会 食言 我说 到做到

“I absolutely will not break my word. I mean what I say.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiān xī yǐn yǎn qiú

先吸引眼球

“First, grab attention;”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: MAKING SOLEMN PROMISE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Xinyong (Credibility and Keeping Promises)

Publicly staking one's personal credibility (说到做到) before witnesses and media places immense moral weight on following through.

INTENT TAGS: #promising #asserting_credibility #reassurance #public_pledge
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
食言 SPOKEN CHUNK

to break one's promise; to go back on one's word

A formal and emphatic idiom commonly paired with 绝不 (never) in formal or serious pledges.

说到做到 SPOKEN CHUNK

to practice what one preaches; to deliver on one's promises

A very popular four-character expression used to assert personal credibility and integrity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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