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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E4 (28:50) HSK 1
nǐ jué de tā bù gòu gé

你觉得她不够格

“You think she's not good enough?”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 28:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me

怎么

“What's wrong?”

nǐ jué de tā bù gòu gé CURRENT FOCUS

你觉得 她 不够格

“You think she's not good enough?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì

不是

“No.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROBING
Tone: DIRECT
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Just admit it—you don't think she meets your standards.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Qualifications vs. Suitability (Guanxi and Merit)

Assessing whether someone is 'gou ge' (meeting the mark) often blends strict professional criteria with unspoken social and reputational standards in Chinese workplace dynamics.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #confronting #clarification #evaluating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不够格 SPOKEN CHUNK

not up to standard; unqualified

A colloquial and somewhat blunt way to describe someone lacking the credentials, skill, or status for a task.

你觉得 SPOKEN CHUNK

you think / in your opinion

Used at the start of a clause to frame an observation as the other person's subjective perspective.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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