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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E14 (19:21) HSK 4
bù jǐn néng kàn hái hěn hǎo kàn

不仅能看 还很好看

“Not only does it work, but it also looks great.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 19:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn shì bǎo zhèng néng kàn

但是保证能看

“but I guarantee it works.”

bù jǐn néng kàn hái hěn hǎo kàn CURRENT FOCUS

不仅能看 还 很好看

“Not only does it work, but it also looks great.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nín zhuǎn zhè ge niǔ zhè ge wǎng yòu zhuǎn wǎng yòu zhuǎn màn màn de hǎo

您转这个钮 这个 往右转 往右转 慢慢的 好

“Turn this knob. This one? To the right. Slowly. Okay.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REASSURING QUALITY
Tone: ENCOURAGING
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Praising Secondhand or Repaired Goods

In everyday Chinese transactions and assistance, speakers often double-emphasize that an older device not only functions ('能看') but performs well ('好看') to instill confidence.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #reassurance #clarification #promotion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不仅...还... SPOKEN CHUNK

not only... but also...

A standard progressive conjunction structure used to heighten praise or positive evaluation.

能看 SPOKEN CHUNK

functional to watch; watchable

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to convey baseline functionality of screens, videos, or optical devices.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E14 (19:21) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus