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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E26 (19:25) HSK 7
nǐ xī shēng tài dà nǐ yǒu yuǎn dà de lǐ xiǎng

你牺牲太大 你有远大的理想

“you have sacrificed too much. You had bigger ambitions,”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 19:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zhǐ shì jué de zhè me duō nián

我只是觉得这么多年

“I just feel that all these years,”

nǐ xī shēng tài dà nǐ yǒu yuǎn dà de lǐ xiǎng CURRENT FOCUS

你 牺牲太大 你有远大的理想

“you have sacrificed too much. You had bigger ambitions,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě yǐ guò dé gèng hǎo

可以过得更好

“you could have lived a better life.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: EXPRESSING GUILT
Tone: REMORSEFUL
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You gave up your dreams for me, and you shouldn't be trapped like this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Emotional Debt (Kuisong)

Chinese relationships often carry deep psychological weight when one partner sacrifices personal career or ambition for the other, leading to profound feelings of indebtedness.

INTENT TAGS: #acknowledging_sacrifice #guilt #self_reproach #releasing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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牺牲太大 SPOKEN CHUNK

sacrificed too much

Used when acknowledging disproportionate compromises made by someone else in a relationship or career.

远大的理想 SPOKEN CHUNK

lofty ambitions / grand ideals

A common formal colocation used to describe noble, long-term aspirations.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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