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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E9 (30:47) HSK 5
wǒ yě yì zhí jiān chí zì jǐ de yuán zé cóng bù huò xī ní

我也一直坚持自己的原则 从不和稀泥

“I always stuck to my principles and never compromised.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 30:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jí shǐ zài jiā shì tíng

即使在家事庭

“Even in the Family Court,”

wǒ yě yì zhí jiān chí zì jǐ de yuán zé cóng bù huò xī ní CURRENT FOCUS

我也一直 坚持 自己的 原则 从不 和稀泥

“I always stuck to my principles and never compromised.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì yáo lǎo xiān shēng bù xū yào yǒu rén gěi tā chéng è yáng shàn

“But Mr. Yao didn't need someone to punish wrongdoing”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEFENDING PROFESSIONAL STANCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONVICTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Critique of Hexini Mediation

Traditional mediation often values harmony over strict justice (hexini), which modern legal professionals frequently push back against to uphold fairness.

INTENT TAGS: #self_justification #integrity #principled_stance #professionalism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
和稀泥 SPOKEN CHUNK

to blur the line between right and wrong; to smooth over matters uncritically

A highly common idiom referring to mediating disputes by compromising without resolving fundamental justice.

坚持原则 SPOKEN CHUNK

adhere to principles

A formal collocation expressing firmness in ethical or professional standards.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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