MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11 (31:41) HSK 7
wǒ jiù shì bèi zǎi nà yě shì wǒ de shēng huó

我就是被宰 那也是我的生活

“Even if I will be slaughtered, that's my life.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 31:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zǒu le nǐ jiù xǐ gān jìng bó zi děng zhe bèi tā liǎ zǎi ba

“If I leave, just wash your neck and wait for them to slaughter you.”

wǒ jiù shì bèi zǎi nà yě shì wǒ de shēng huó CURRENT FOCUS

我 就是 被宰 那也是 我 的 生活

“Even if I will be slaughtered, that's my life.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gēn nǐ méi yǒu guān xì

跟你没有关系

“It has nothing to do with you.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REJECTING INTERFERENCE
Tone: STUBBORN
Emotion: DEFIANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'd rather suffer the consequences of my own choices than take any advice from you; mind your own business.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Metaphor of 'Being Slaughtered' (挨宰/被宰)

In Chinese slang, 'slaughtering' (宰) refers to overcharging, scamming, or ruthlessly exploiting someone, originating from butchering animals for market.

INTENT TAGS: #boundary_setting #defiance #rejection #independence
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
被宰 SPOKEN CHUNK

to get ripped off / to be taken advantage of

Colloquial metaphor meaning to be financially swindled or exploited by someone.

哪怕...那也是... SPOKEN CHUNK

even if... it is still...

A resolute grammatical construction used to insist on one's position regardless of the worst-case scenario.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11 (31:41) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus