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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E2 (16:59) HSK 6
qīn xiōng dì shī gǔ wèi hán

亲兄弟尸骨未寒

“Shortly after her father's death,”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 16:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú huì shā jǐ gè rén ba

不会杀几个人吧

“She's not going to kill, is she?”

qīn xiōng dì shī gǔ wèi hán CURRENT FOCUS

亲 兄弟 尸骨未寒

“Shortly after her father's death,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā jiù xiǎng chī jiě men liǎ de jué hù

“her uncle's already trying to seize her and her sister's property.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: MORAL CONDEMNATION
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“His brother just died, and he is already showing zero shame or remorse.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chi Juehu (Preying on Heirless Households)

In patriarchal historical China, when a man died without male heirs, predatory relatives often sought to seize the estate from the surviving women ('eating the heirless estate').

INTENT TAGS: #condemning #denouncing #moralizing #accusing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
尸骨未寒 SPOKEN CHUNK

before the corpse is even cold; immediately after death

A classic four-character idiom used to condemn betrayal or heartless behavior occurring right after someone's demise.

亲兄弟 SPOKEN CHUNK

biological brothers; blood brothers

Emphasizes the direct biological tie to heighten the moral shock of betrayal.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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