《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E37 (35:01)
HSK 5
wǒ chéng rèn wǒ dāng shí què shí yǒu sī xīn
我承认 我当时确实有私心
“I admit I had selfish motives at the time.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E37
TIMECODE: 35:01
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shì
是
“Yes.”
wǒ chéng rèn wǒ dāng shí què shí yǒu sī xīn
CURRENT FOCUS
我承认 我当时 确实 有私心
“I admit I had selfish motives at the time.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
kě shì lùn jì bù lùn xīn nǎ
“But we should judge by actions, not intentions, right?”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
ADMITTING FAULT
Tone:
CANDID
Emotion:
REGRET
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I was selfish, but judge me by what I actually accomplished, not by my private thoughts.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Action Over Intention (论迹不论心)
Rooted in traditional Confucian ethics ('论迹不论心，论心世上无完人'), this concept posits that people should be judged by their actual deeds rather than the purity of their inner thoughts.
INTENT TAGS:
#concession
#admission
#self_defense
#framing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
私心
SPOKEN CHUNK
selfish motives; personal interest
A formal and spoken term describing hidden personal agendas or lack of impartiality.
我承认
SPOKEN CHUNK
I admit; I concede
Used to concede a point gracefully before offering an explanation or counterargument.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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