MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E30 (37:11) HSK 7
zuò nǚ rén yí dìng yào yǒu fēn cùn

做女人一定要有分寸

“a woman must have a sense of propriety.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 37:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ yào jì zhù

你要记住

“you must remember,”

zuò nǚ rén yí dìng yào yǒu fēn cùn CURRENT FOCUS

做女人 一定要 有分寸

“a woman must have a sense of propriety.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qiān wàn bú yào zhè me rèn xìng zhè duì nǚ rén hěn zhòng yào de zhī bù zhī dào

千万不要这么任性 这对女人很重要的 知不知道

“Never act so willfully. This is very important for a woman. Do you understand?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Family & Home
Function: GIVING PREACHY ADVICE
Tone: DIDACTIC
Emotion: DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are crossing the line and behaving inappropriately.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Fen Cun (Sense of Propriety and Measure)

In Chinese interpersonal relations, 'fencun' refers to maintaining proper boundaries and balance, especially within traditional expectations of tactfulness and restraint.

INTENT TAGS: #admonishing #moralizing #setting_boundaries #disciplining
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
做女人 SPOKEN CHUNK

being a woman; as a woman

Used as a framing topic when offering subjective life advice or traditional gender-based expectations.

有分寸 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have a sense of propriety; to know one's limits

A highly valued interpersonal trait in Chinese culture referring to knowing how far one can go without offending others.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E30 (37:11) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus