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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9 (14:20) HSK 4
zhí de nǐ men wèi jiā xuán tiě sǐ shì lái zhǎo

值得你们魏家玄铁死士来找

“that's worth the Wei family's Iron Suicide Warriors coming here for?”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 14:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fán jiā dào dǐ yǒu shén me wù shén

“What exactly does the Fan family have”

zhí de nǐ men wèi jiā xuán tiě sǐ shì lái zhǎo CURRENT FOCUS

值得你们魏家玄铁死士 来找

“that's worth the Wei family's Iron Suicide Warriors coming here for?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ jiū jìng shì hé rén

你究竟是何人

“Who exactly are you?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEMANDING EXPLANATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know who sent you, now tell me what secret prize is worth using your clan's deadliest assassins.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Private Retainers and Shadow Operatives (Si Shi)

Powerful aristocratic families in ancient Chinese history frequently cultivated private death-sworn retainers outside state oversight to carry out high-stakes covert operations.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #confrontation #probing #unmasking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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值得 SPOKEN CHUNK

worth / to merit

Placed before a verb phrase or clause to evaluate whether an action justifies the cost or effort.

死士 SPOKEN CHUNK

death-sworn soldier / assassin / suicide squad member

Specific to historical, wuxia, and political contexts describing retainers dedicated to dying for their master's mission.

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