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子

zǐ / zi
HSK 1

English Meaning

(zǐ) son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | (zi) (noun suffix)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
老子也不让开
HSK 1 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Go ahead and run me over, I'm not moving an inch.”

1. PREVIOUS

把我轧成肉泥

“I won't leave,”

2. TARGET TURN 老子也不让开

“even if you run me over a thousand times.”

3. NEXT

你他妈的脚软吗? 加油门 撞死他 爸

“Don't chicken out. Floor it! Run him over! Dad!”

《黑夜告白》 · crisis_and_conflict
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这吴山龙脑瓜子也不怎么灵光
HSK 1 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Wu Shanlong isn't smart enough to pull this off; someone else must be pulling the strings.”

1. PREVIOUS

我只有一点想不通

“But I don't understand one thing.”

“Wu Shanlong isn't smart.”

3. NEXT

怎么会搞出这么多阴谋诡计呢?

“How could he devise so many plans?”

《黑夜告白》 · legal_and_police
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也不是一个案子两个案子了
HSK 1 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“We have a mountain of evidence on you, so don't even think about playing dumb.”

1. PREVIOUS

我们盯你们不是一天两天了

“We've been watching you for a long time,”

“and this isn't the first or second case.”

3. NEXT

你今天可以谁都不认识

“You can deny knowing anyone today.”

《危险关系》 · legal_and_police
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