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塔

tǎ / tǎ
HSK 6

English Meaning

(tǎ) pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) | (tǎ) old variant of 塔

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
就算出了塔又能怎样
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Escape is meaningless; you will never truly be free anyway.”

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伶崖塔

“Lingya Tower?”

“Even if we get out, so what?”

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外面不过是一个更大的伶崖塔

“The world outside is just a bigger Lingya Tower.”

《樊笼》 · crisis_and_conflict
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塔主不满交币的进度
HSK 6 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Back off—I am operating directly under the boss's orders.”

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是又在打什么坏主意

“What bad idea are you cooking up again?”

“The Tower Master is dissatisfied with the coin delivery progress,”

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所以命我前来聚宝窑

“so I was ordered to come to the Gaobao kiln”

《樊笼》 · workplace
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这塔里的老人待久了
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“You cannot entirely blame me for the delay; these entrenched old-timers refuse to listen.”

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主人 属下一定尽快地督促

“Master, I will urge them as soon as possible.”

“When old-timers stay in this tower too long,”

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难免是倚老卖老

“they inevitably flaunt their seniority”

《樊笼》 · crisis_and_conflict
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