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《Vanished Name》 S1·E9 (09:48) HSK 6
nǐ zhì yú ná lí hūn lái wēi xié wǒ ma

你至于拿离婚来威胁我吗

“Use divorce as a threat?”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 09:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ wán quán kě yǐ zhǎo wǒ lái tíng wài hé jiě ya

你完全可以找我来庭外和解呀

“You could've come to me for a settlement.”

nǐ zhì yú ná lí hūn lái wēi xié wǒ ma CURRENT FOCUS

你 至于 拿 离婚 来 威胁我 吗

“Use divorce as a threat?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ jué de wǒ gēn nǐ lí hūn shì zài xià hǔ nǐ

“You think I'm bluffing about divorcing you?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PROTESTING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop taking things to the extreme; you are just using divorce to manipulate me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Divorce as Leverage (拿离婚当筹码)

Invoking divorce in Chinese marital conflicts is often seen either as an ultimate weapon to force compromise or as a grave breach of emotional security.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #accusing #countering_threats #dispute
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
至于 SPOKEN CHUNK

to go so far as to; to be necessary to

Frequently used in negative or rhetorical constructions like '至于……吗' to criticize an overreaction.

拿……来威胁 SPOKEN CHUNK

to use ... to threaten

A standard construction to call out someone using leverage or ultimatums against you.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Frames the rhetorical inquiry questioning the proportionality of the action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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