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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (27:50) HSK 7
dào shí hòu nǐ néng hù dé zhù wǒ ma néng hù dé zhù dà gē

到时候 你能护得住我吗 能护得住大哥

“When that happens, can you protect me? Can you protect Chun?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 27:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà wǒ gào sù nǐ bái jí tā men zuò bú dào nǐ píng shén me gǎn zhè me shuō ya

那我告诉你白及 他们做不到 你凭什么敢这么说呀

“-Do I have to spell it out for you? -Let me tell you, Bai Ji! They can't do it! What makes you so sure?”

dào shí hòu nǐ néng hù dé zhù wǒ ma néng hù dé zhù dà gē CURRENT FOCUS

到时候 你能 护得住 我 吗 能 护得住 大哥

“When that happens, can you protect me? Can you protect Chun?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN néng hù dé zhù mā hé jiě ma

能护得住妈和姐吗

“Can you protect Mom and Shao?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are making empty promises; you don't have the power to keep any of us safe.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Protection and Shared Risk

In traditional Chinese family ethics, the responsibility to protect siblings and parents carries immense moral weight during crises.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #interrogating #distrust #reality_check
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
到时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when the time comes / at that time

Extremely common in conversational Chinese to refer to an anticipated future moment or crisis.

护得住 SPOKEN CHUNK

able to protect / able to shield

A potential complement structure used to express whether one has the power or capacity to safeguard someone.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question that sharply challenges the listener's assumption.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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