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《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E12 (03:22) HSK 5
rú guǒ nǐ biǎo xiàn hǎo de huà nǐ zhēng qǔ gè kuān dà chǔ lǐ

如果你表现好的话 你争取个宽大处理

“if you behave well, they might show you some leniency.”

《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 03:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ xiàn zài gǎn jǐn bǎ wǒ men liǎ fàng le wǒ gēn nǐ shuō

“Just quickly release us. Listen,”

rú guǒ nǐ biǎo xiàn hǎo de huà nǐ zhēng qǔ gè kuān dà chǔ lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

如果你 表现好的话 你争取个 宽大处理

“if you behave well, they might show you some leniency.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN fàng pì

放屁

“Heck no!”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: BARGAINING AND PERSUASION
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are doomed if you keep this up; cut your losses now before it gets worse.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Leniency to Confessors (坦白从宽)

Reflects the entrenched Chinese judicial policy of 'leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist' (坦白从宽,抗拒从严), widely used in persuasion during arrests and interrogations.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #warning #legal_advice #de-escalation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
宽大处理 SPOKEN CHUNK

lenient treatment; clemency

A standard legal phrase often used in mainland Chinese policing and judicial contexts when persuading suspects to confess.

表现好 SPOKEN CHUNK

to behave well; to show good conduct

Commonly refers to demonstrating compliance, remorse, or good performance in institutional contexts.

Modal Particle「的话」 (dehua) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the conditional clause 'if', making the condition explicit in spoken Chinese.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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