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《Agent from Above》 S1·E8 (25:29) HSK 6
bù guò zhè yě shì yǒu dài jià de

不过 这也是有代价的

“Maybe not. There's a price.”

《Agent from Above》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 25:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shì shuō tā huàn le zhè kē gān yě bù yí dìng néng huó xià lái ?

“So if she gets this, she may not live?”

bù guò zhè yě shì yǒu dài jià de CURRENT FOCUS

不过 这也是有代价的

“Maybe not. There's a price.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ( wāng zǎi biāo )

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Scene: Medical & Health
Function: ISSUING A WARNING
Tone: GRAVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't assume there is an easy way out; you must pay a steep price.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Karmic Balance and Trade-offs

In Chinese culture and folkloric beliefs, escaping death or altering destiny cannot happen without an equivalent exchange or karmic toll.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #cautioning #emphasizing_consequences #sobering
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有代价的 SPOKEN CHUNK

comes with a cost / has a price

Use this phrase to emphasize that an opportunity or choice involves significant trade-offs or negative consequences.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a situational assertion, reinforcing the objective certainty of the condition.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 8 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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