MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E14 (42:45) HSK 5
shèng sì shí le fǎn zhèng bù duō le

剩四十了 反正不多了

“there are forty left. It's not much.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 42:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN páo qù mǎi jiā jù de qián

“After buying furniture,”

shèng sì shí le fǎn zhèng bù duō le CURRENT FOCUS

剩四十了 反正 不多了

“there are forty left. It's not much.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì

不是

“Wait.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Family & Home
Function: REPORTING SHORTAGE
Tone: RESIGNED
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We are practically broke, so we have to be extremely careful now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Household Budgeting Prudence

Ordinary Chinese families traditionally maintain strict awareness of daily expenditures and openly communicate spending limits to ensure household stability.

INTENT TAGS: #budgeting #warning #frugality #financial_constraint
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
反正 SPOKEN CHUNK

in any case; anyway

Used to introduce an inevitable conclusion or summarizing remark regardless of details.

不多了 SPOKEN CHUNK

running low; not much left

A very common everyday phrase indicating that a resource, time, or money is almost depleted.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly emerged state or change of situation regarding the amount left.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E14 (42:45) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus