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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E4 (24:02) HSK 7
shèng xià de yī tóu dōu bù mài

剩下的一头都不卖

“they won't sell a single one of the rest.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 24:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN chú le guī dìng yào shàng jiāo de cài niú cài yáng zhī wài

除了规定要上交的 菜牛 菜羊之外

“Except for the required beef cattle and mutton sheep,”

shèng xià de yī tóu dōu bù mài CURRENT FOCUS

剩下的 一头都不卖

“they won't sell a single one of the rest.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nián chū

年初

“At the beginning of the year,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: FIRM REFUSAL
Tone: RESOLUTE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: State Procurement and Private Retention

Reflects the historical or rural economic practice of meeting mandatory state procurement quotas before retaining or withholding any remaining personal livestock.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #boundary_setting #resolution #assertion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
剩下 SPOKEN CHUNK

the remainder; what is left

Commonly used to refer to remaining portions, items, or people after an initial group is dealt with.

一头都不 SPOKEN CHUNK

not even a single (head of livestock)

Follows the classic emphatic negation pattern '一 + measure word + 都/也 + 不/没'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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