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《River Sunset》 S1·E11 (40:34) HSK 1
duì zhè ge ruò bù jīn fēng de lǎo tóu

对这个弱不禁风的老头

“To this frail old man...”

《River Sunset》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 40:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men zài gǎo shén me

你们在搞什么

“What are you all doing?”

duì zhè ge ruò bù jīn fēng de lǎo tóu CURRENT FOCUS

对 这个 弱不禁风 的 老 头

“To this frail old man...”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā yě huó bù liǎo duō jiǔ le

他也活不了多久了

“He won't live much longer anyway.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PERSUADING
Tone: EXASPERATED
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Look how pathetic he is; what is the point of going after someone who is already half dead?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Restraint Against the Vulnerable

Targeting the elderly, sick, or defenseless violates traditional Chinese codes of honor (wude or basic morality), drawing social condemnation.

INTENT TAGS: #dissuasion #pleading_clemency #ridicule #evaluating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
弱不禁风 SPOKEN CHUNK

too frail to withstand a gust of wind; extremely delicate

A classic idiom used to describe an extremely fragile, weak, or sickly person.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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