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《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E8 (04:37) HSK 2
nǐ zǎo jiù kàn chuān le bù yě hái shì ràng wǒ gēn zhe ma ?

你早就看穿了 不也还是让我跟着吗?

“You saw through me long ago, yet you still let me follow you…”

《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 04:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lì niáng de nà jù “ zhì sǐ bù huǐ ” dào dǐ hái shì lù le pò zhàn

“Her vow of "My life is worth it" still exposed us.”

nǐ zǎo jiù kàn chuān le bù yě hái shì ràng wǒ gēn zhe ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

你 早就 看穿了 不也还是 让我 跟着 吗 ?

“You saw through me long ago, yet you still let me follow you…”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎng cóng wǒ shēn shàng dé dào shén me ?

想从我身上得到什么?

“because you wanted something from me.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: PROVOCATIVE
Emotion: DEFIANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't act like the victim—you kept me around because you want to exploit me too.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mutual Calculation (Xinji)

In historical and dramatic genres, acknowledging that an opponent saw through a trap reflects strategic psychological warfare where both players try to turn the deception to their advantage.

INTENT TAGS: #counterattack #confrontation #calling_out #unmasking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
看穿 SPOKEN CHUNK

to see through (a trick, lie, or person)

Commonly used in interpersonal confrontations when a disguise or deception has been unmasked.

不也还是 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't (you) still / nevertheless

A rhetorical construction used to point out a contradiction between what someone says and what they actually did.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a sharp rhetorical question, forcing the other party to confront their own hypocrisy.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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