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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E9 (24:38) HSK 7
chí zǎo wǒ men dōu yào wèi zì jǐ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi fù chū dài jià

迟早 我们都要 为自己的所作所为付出代价

“Sooner or later we all have to pay for what we've done.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 24:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN mí bǔ guò cuò ? nǐ xiàn zài shì qīng xǐng le hái shì shén me ma ?

弥补过错? 你现在是清醒了还是什么吗?

“[scoffs] Fucking make amends? Are you sober or something now?”

chí zǎo wǒ men dōu yào wèi zì jǐ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi fù chū dài jià CURRENT FOCUS

迟早 我们 都要 为 自己的 所作所为 付出代价

“Sooner or later we all have to pay for what we've done.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè shì zhè zhōu dì èr gè hé wǒ zhè me shuō de rén le

这是这周第二个和我这么说的人了

“[Lyle] That's the second person I've heard say that in a week.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: WARNING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You cannot run away from what you did; your reckoning is coming.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Karmic Retribution (Bao Ying)

Chinese cultural ethics strongly emphasize that wrongdoing will inevitably catch up to the perpetrator sooner or later.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #moralizing #confrontation #fatalism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
迟早 SPOKEN CHUNK

sooner or later

Used to emphasize that an inevitable event will certainly happen given enough time.

付出代价 SPOKEN CHUNK

pay the price

A standard collocation meaning to suffer the negative consequences of one's missteps or choices.

所作所为 SPOKEN CHUNK

actions; deeds

A set four-character phrase usually carrying a critical or negative connotation regarding someone's conduct.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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