MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Heir》 S1·E27 (31:51) HSK 6
yǎn kàn jiù yào bài le

眼看就要败了

“It's about to fall apart.”

《The Heir》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 31:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè ge jiā gāng cháng méi le guī jǔ méi le

这个家 纲常没了 规矩没了

“There are no morals or rules in this family anymore.”

yǎn kàn jiù yào bài le CURRENT FOCUS

眼看就要 败了

“It's about to fall apart.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zuì hǎo pài rén yī shí bù lí dì dīng zhe wǒ fǒu zé wǒ zhuàng qiáng shàng diào

你最好派人一时不离地盯着我 否则我撞墙 上吊

“You'd better put me under watch all the time, or I'll kill myself by hitting the wall”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: LAMENTING AND WARNING
Tone: DRAMATIC AND DISTRAUGHT
Emotion: DESPAIR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Familial Decline (败家)

Traditional Chinese culture places supreme importance on maintaining family lineage and order; the moral decay or economic collapse of a household is viewed as an ultimate tragedy.

INTENT TAGS: #lamentation #despair #catastrophe #warning
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
眼看就要 SPOKEN CHUNK

on the verge of; just about to happen very soon

Used to describe an undesirable or critical outcome that is visibly imminent.

败了 SPOKEN CHUNK

ruined; collapsed; declined

Often refers to the financial or moral downfall of a family or business.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates an imminent change of state, stressing that total ruin is about to be realized.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Heir》 S1·E27 (31:51) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus