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《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E12 (12:24) HSK 6
nán dào zhēn yǒu qíng kě yuán a què shí hěn kě lián wǒ

难道真有情可原啊 确实很可怜 我

“But is she really excusable? She's truly in a pitiful state. I...”

《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 12:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zhēn de lǎn de tīng nǐ men shuō zhè xiē nǐ men měi gè rén dōu tì tā qiú qíng

“I don't have time for your nonsense. You're all pleading for mercy for her.”

nán dào zhēn yǒu qíng kě yuán a què shí hěn kě lián wǒ CURRENT FOCUS

难道 真 有情可原 啊 确实很可怜 我

“But is she really excusable? She's truly in a pitiful state. I...”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tián luó gū niáng

田螺姑娘

“Ms. River Snail,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PLEADING LENIENCY
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't be so cold-hearted; what she did makes complete sense given her tragic situation.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Qing You Ke Yuan (Forgiving via Context)

In Chinese moral philosophy, actions are judged not strictly by the letter of rules, but by relational circumstances and emotional context (qing).

INTENT TAGS: #appealing #justifying #pleading #defending
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
情有可原 SPOKEN CHUNK

excusable; pardonable under the circumstances

A common four-character idiom used when defending someone by showing that their motives or situation make an error understandable.

难道 SPOKEN CHUNK

could it be that; do you mean to say

Used at the start of a rhetorical question to challenge an assumption or register disbelief.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional intensity and an appealing tone to the rhetorical question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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