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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E13 (06:23) HSK 3
xià bù wéi lì xià bù wéi lì

下不为例 下不为例

“I won't do it again. I won't.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 06:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ wǒ bǎo zhèng

“I-I promise”

xià bù wéi lì xià bù wéi lì CURRENT FOCUS

下不为例 下不为例

“I won't do it again. I won't.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ jué de wǒ huì yào nǐ de qián ma

你觉得我会要你的钱吗

“Did you think I'd take your money?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: GRANTING CLEMENCY WITH WARNING
Tone: WARNING
Emotion: STERNNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I will let you off this one time, but do not ever do it again.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Conditional Forgiveness (Kuan-Rong)

In Chinese social hierarchy, granting leniency accompanied by '下不为例' preserves the wrongdoer's face while firmly asserting authority and rules.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #clemency #boundary_setting #admonition
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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下不为例 SPOKEN CHUNK

just this once; not to be repeated

A classic set phrase used when pardoning someone's error while emphasizing it cannot happen again.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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