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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E6 (18:59) HSK 5
zuì kāi shǐ wǒ shì lì yòng nǐ

最开始我是利用你

“At the beginning, I used you.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 18:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì a wǒ chéng rèn

“Yes. I admit it.”

zuì kāi shǐ wǒ shì lì yòng nǐ CURRENT FOCUS

最开始 我是 利用你

“At the beginning, I used you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì wǒ zhào gù nǐ zhè me zhǎng shí jiān wǒ suàn shì jìn xīn jìn lì ba

但是我照顾你这么长时间 我算是尽心尽力吧

“But I've taken care of you all this time. I did my best.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CONFESSING
Tone: CANDID
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I admit I started with bad intentions, but hear me out before you judge everything I've done since.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Strategic Concession (先承认后辩解)

In Chinese interpersonal conflict resolution, admitting an indisputable fault first can disarm the interlocutor's anger before shifting focus to sincere efforts made later.

INTENT TAGS: #confession #framing #self_justification #disarming
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
最开始 SPOKEN CHUNK

at the very beginning / initially

A natural spoken phrase used to frame the earliest stage of an event, often when contrasting it with current reality.

利用 SPOKEN CHUNK

to use / to exploit someone

Commonly used in interpersonal contexts to denote exploiting someone's trust or vulnerability for personal gain.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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