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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E13 (20:32) 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·E13
TIMECODE: 20:32 · 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 shì xiāng yé

是相爷

“It was the Prime Minister.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEMANDING EXPLANATION
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: INCREDULITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“What secret is so dangerous that you sent your elite killers after it?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Si-shi (Retained Death Warriors)

In ancient Chinese noble households, powerful lords maintained private retainers pledged to die for them in secret intelligence and assassination missions.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #challenging #demanding_truth #incredulity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
值得 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be worth; to merit

Placed before an action or noun phrase to evaluate whether an action is proportionate to the value gained.

死士 SPOKEN CHUNK

sworn death warrior; suicide squad operative

A historical term referring to warriors willing to sacrifice their lives for their lord or master.

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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