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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E8 (38:14) HSK 4
qiān xīn wàn kǔ qù bǎo hù yě shì zhí de de

千辛万苦去保护 也是值得的

“it's well worth preserving.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 38:14 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè me měi de dì fāng

这么美的地方

“For such a beautiful land,”

qiān xīn wàn kǔ qù bǎo hù yě shì zhí de de CURRENT FOCUS

千辛万苦 去保护 也是 值得 的

“it's well worth preserving.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn bù xiǎng gàn zhè me nán de shì

“I really don't want to do something so difficult.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: JUSTIFYING EFFORT
Tone: SINCERE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Sense of Mission and Endurance (Chi Ku)

In Chinese culture, enduring bitterness (吃苦) for a greater collective or moral purpose is viewed as an honorable and deeply meaningful virtue.

INTENT TAGS: #affirmation #encouragement #justification #conviction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
千辛万苦 SPOKEN CHUNK

countless hardships; immense toil

A common four-character idiom used to emphasize enduring severe difficulties to achieve a goal.

也是值得的 SPOKEN CHUNK

is still worthwhile

Use this phrase to emphasize that the positive outcome justifies the pain or cost endured.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in '是...的' to add strong affirmation and conviction to the speaker's judgment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E8 (38:14) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus