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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E14 (27:19) HSK 7
bù néng ràng hòu chē yě diào kēng lǐ

不能让后车也掉坑里

“we mustn't let carts behind fall into the same pit.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 27:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qián chē fān le

前车翻了

“If the cart in front overturns,”

bù néng ràng hòu chē yě diào kēng lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

不能 让后车也掉坑里

“we mustn't let carts behind fall into the same pit.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè hé lǐ zhè me duō dēng

这河里这么多灯

“There are so many lanterns in the river.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PREVENTING HARM
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We must stop them before they repeat our mistake and get wiped out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Lessons of the Overturned Cart (前车之鉴)

A deeply rooted Chinese cultural concept where the failures of predecessors are meant to serve as vital warnings for successors.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #prevention #caution #resolve
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
掉坑里 SPOKEN CHUNK

to fall into a pit; to get trapped or duped

Can be literal or used idiomatically to describe walking right into an obvious trap or misfortune.

前车……后车…… SPOKEN CHUNK

the cart ahead... the trailing cart... (referencing learning from predecessors' mistakes)

Echoes the famous idiom '前车之鉴' (lessons drawn from the overturned cart ahead).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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