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《The Heir》 S1·E18 (08:35) HSK 7
tián jiā guān sī chán shēn

田家官司缠身

“The Tian family is troubled by lawsuits.”

《The Heir》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 08:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men dōu shì yī piàn hǎo xīn

“We are... doing this in good faith.”

tián jiā guān sī chán shēn CURRENT FOCUS

田家 官司缠身

“The Tian family is troubled by lawsuits.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chén jiā zàn wú gāng dǐng zhī mò

陈家暂无扛鼎之墨

“The Chen family can't offer a top-tier ink product as of now.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: ANALYZING SITUATION
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“The Tian family is out of the race because of legal trouble, so we don't need to worry about them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Litigation as Ruin in Traditional Society

Historically, commercial involvement in governmental lawsuits was viewed as a severe blow to a merchant family's social standing and commercial viability.

INTENT TAGS: #assessing_competition #objective_analysis #identifying_weakness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
官司缠身 SPOKEN CHUNK

bogged down by lawsuits; entangled in legal troubles

A four-character idiom commonly used to describe someone or a business plagued by ongoing litigation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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