《The First Jasmine》 S1·E16 (33:38)
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nà wáng fēi zhēn shì shà fèi kǔ xīn le
那王妃真是煞费苦心了
“Thank you then.”
《The First Jasmine》
S1·E16
TIMECODE: 33:38
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ méi bàn fǎ zhǐ dé bī nǐ yī bī
“I had no choice but to push you a little.”
nà wáng fēi zhēn shì shà fèi kǔ xīn le
CURRENT FOCUS
那王妃 真是 煞费苦心 了
“Thank you then.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
ā yáo
阿尧
“Yao, I never meant to harm you.”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
SARCASTIC CRITICISM
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You really went out of your way to manipulate me, didn't you?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Irony in Aristocratic Politeness
In historical court settings, overt hostility toward royalty is forbidden, so characters weaponize polite honorifics and idioms to express contempt.
INTENT TAGS:
#sarcasm
#reproach
#resentment
#mockery
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
煞费苦心
SPOKEN CHUNK
to take great pains; to rack one's brains
A formal idiom used to describe exhausting mental effort; often used ironically to criticize calculated scheming.
Modal Particle「了」 (le)
CHANGE OF STATE
Indicates a finalized realization and reinforces the ironic conclusion.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The First Jasmine》 S1·E16 (33:38) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus