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瘟疫

wēn yì
HSK 7

English Meaning

plague; pestilence

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
顶多让这场死于瘟疫的人 再多一个我罢了
HSK 7 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“Killing me solves nothing; it just adds one more corpse to the pile.”

1. PREVIOUS

就算是我死了 也解决不了任何的问题

“even if I die, none of the problems will go away.”

“That will only add one more life to the death toll of the plague at most.”

3. NEXT

如果说 大家想要把病治好

“If you want the illness to be fixed,”

《云秀行》 · hospital_and_health
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见着咱们跟见了瘟疫一样
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Look how quickly those hypocrites run away from us now that we are down.”

1. PREVIOUS

瞧见没

“Did you see that?”

“They avoid us like the plague.”

3. NEXT

一帮见风使舵的东西

“A bunch of opportunists.”

《成何体统》 · crisis_and_conflict
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那三千战马不是吃空饷 而是死于瘟疫
HSK 7 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Do you really think he'll admit to graft? He will just blame an epidemic.”

1. PREVIOUS

难不成他会说

“Did he say”

“the 3,000 warhorses weren't phantoms, but died of plague?”

3. NEXT

不仅如此

“Something worse.”

《白日提灯​》 · historical_and_court
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