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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11 (20:10) HSK 4
jiàn bù dé guāng de zàng dōng xī

见不得光的脏东西

“Crooked ways that can't see the light”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 20:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà shū yuàn nǐ zhè jù huà shuō dé mán hǎo de

那淑媛你这句话说得蛮好的

“Well, Shuyuan, you said that quite well.”

jiàn bù dé guāng de zàng dōng xī CURRENT FOCUS

见不得光 的 脏东西

“Crooked ways that can't see the light”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì yào shài shài tài yáng de

是要晒晒太阳的

“need to be exposed to the sun.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CONDEMNING
Tone: CONTEMPTUOUS
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are hiding shameful secrets, and they deserve to be exposed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Exposure to Sunshine (Shi Shan Zheng Qi)

In Chinese culture, bringing things to light (shai taiyang) implies using moral righteousness to clean out hidden corruption and shame.

INTENT TAGS: #condemnation #moral_outrage #exposure #contempt
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
见不得光 SPOKEN CHUNK

shady; unable to bear the light of day

Commonly used to describe illicit, shameful, or secretive deals and behaviors.

脏东西 SPOKEN CHUNK

dirty stuff; filthy rubbish; shameful entity

A colloquial insult referring metaphorically to immoral acts or corrupt individuals.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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