MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40 (47:09) HSK 5
chè dǐ tuō kuǎ tā men

彻底拖垮他们

“and drag them into total exhaustion.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40
TIMECODE: 47:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù shì xiǎng yào xiāo hào běi jué

就是想要消耗北厥

“to wear down the Beijue army”

chè dǐ tuō kuǎ tā men CURRENT FOCUS

彻底拖垮他们

“and drag them into total exhaustion.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì shèng shàng bìng bù zhè me rèn wéi

但是圣上并不这么认为

“But His Majesty doesn't see it that way.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Historical & Court
Function: STATING INTENT
Tone: RESOLUTE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: War of Attrition in Dynastic Strategy

Imperial courts often adopted long-term attrition strategies to weaken nomadic border states through economic strain and prolonged frontier warfare.

INTENT TAGS: #strategic_objective #determination #hostility
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
彻底 SPOKEN CHUNK

thoroughly; completely

Adverb used before verbs to express an absolute and exhaustive degree of action.

拖垮 SPOKEN CHUNK

to drag down; to exhaust to the point of collapse

A resultative verb compound commonly used in military, financial, or endurance contexts.

CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40 (47:09) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus