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《COURT!》 S1·E7 (03:41) HSK 4
tā què shí shì sī zi xīn qiè

他确实是思子心切

“He's just desperate to see his son.”

《COURT!》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 03:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà bì jìng tā shì hái zi qīn bà bà

那 毕竟他是孩子亲爸爸

“After all, he is the boy's father.”

tā què shí shì sī zi xīn qiè CURRENT FOCUS

他 确实是 思子心切

“He's just desperate to see his son.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn jué duì bù néng wěi qū le hái zi

但绝对不能委屈了孩子

“But we absolutely cannot distress the child.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: CONCEDING
Tone: REASONABLE
Emotion: EMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I understand he misses his boy, but that doesn't give him an excuse to do whatever he wants.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Longing vs Child Protection

In Chinese family mediation, acknowledging the biological parent's natural affection (blood ties) is often required before delivering constructive criticism.

INTENT TAGS: #conceding #empathy #reasoning #caveat
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
思子心切 SPOKEN CHUNK

desperately longing to see one's son

A formal four-character idiom used to describe a parent's intense yearning for their child.

确实是 SPOKEN CHUNK

indeed; truly is

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to concede a point before adding a contrasting clause with 'but'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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