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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40 (47:18) HSK 3
nà kě shì zhōng xīn gěng gěng a

那可是忠心耿耿啊

“utterly loyal to His Majesty.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40
TIMECODE: 47:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kě wǒ fù qīn duì shèng shàng

可我父亲对圣上

“But my father has always been”

nà kě shì zhōng xīn gěng gěng a CURRENT FOCUS

那可是 忠心耿耿 啊

“utterly loyal to His Majesty.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN èr shí nián qián de shèng shàng

二十年前的圣上

“Twenty years ago,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: DEFENDING REPUTATION
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“My father's loyalty was beyond question, so treating us with suspicion is completely unjust.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Zhong (Imperial Loyalty)

In traditional Chinese political culture, loyalty ('忠') to the emperor was the supreme moral duty, and claiming generational loyalty served as the ultimate shield against treason charges.

INTENT TAGS: #defending #emphasizing_loyalty #vindication #insistence
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
忠心耿耿 SPOKEN CHUNK

devoted and loyal; showing unswerving fidelity

A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used to praise someone's deep, unquestioned loyalty to an employer, leader, or nation.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional intensity and emphasis to an exclamation, conveying deep conviction.

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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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