You've already got a Great Wall around you that isn't built of mud and stones. It's made of ridiculous pride and inhuman cruelty.

— Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck)

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9 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:02:50 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- You are so interested to save the life of Mah-Li.

- Are you willing to be a hostage for her future loyalty? Like Captain Li?

- I expect nothing from you. Nothing but words and phrases you learned in Sunday school. You don't believe in them any more than I do.

- You were wrong when you said I resent missionaries. I despise them.

- Should be another Great Wall to keep your kind out.

- You've already got a Great Wall around you that isn't built of mud and stones. It's made of ridiculous pride and inhuman cruelty.

- You won't allow one single human feeling to reach you.

- You want me to be hostage for Mah-Li?

- All right, I'm not afraid of you. I'll answer for her loyalty.

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