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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E17 (20:01) HSK 6
wèi hé yào yāng jí quán zú ?

为何要殃及全族?

“Why must we destroy the entire clan?”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 20:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ruò cǐ zú zhōng zhēn yǒu zuì dà è jí zhī rén chéng fá tā biàn shì

若此族中真有罪大恶极之人 惩罚他便是

“if there are sinners among them, punishing those responsible is enough.”

wèi hé yào yāng jí quán zú ? CURRENT FOCUS

为何要 殃及全族 ?

“Why must we destroy the entire clan?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tiān dì zì yǒu qí píng héng zhī dào

天地自有其平衡之道

“The world has its balance.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: QUESTIONING JUSTICE
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Punishing everyone for one person's evil is pure cruelty and completely unjustifiable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Collective Guilt vs Individual Justice

Historical Chinese law frequently enforced collective responsibility (Lianzuo), where an entire family or clan paid for an individual's crime, a moral dilemma frequently re-examined in historical and fantasy drama.

INTENT TAGS: #protesting #challenging_authority #seeking_fairness #moral_interrogation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
殃及 SPOKEN CHUNK

to bring disaster upon; to embroil or harm innocents

A formal written or dramatic term used when unintended harm spreads to third parties or bystanders.

全族 SPOKEN CHUNK

the whole clan or entire tribe

Common in historical, fantasy, or clan-based contexts referring to collective kin.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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