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《About Love》 S1·E19 (24:42) HSK 2
bà zǎo gēn nǐ shuō guò nà nán de jiù bù kào pǔ

爸早跟你说过 那男的就不靠谱

“I told you he wasn't reliable.”

《About Love》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 24:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì bú shì nà ge nán de

是不是那个男的

“Was it that guy?”

bà zǎo gēn nǐ shuō guò nà nán de jiù bù kào pǔ CURRENT FOCUS

爸早 跟你说过 那男的就 不靠谱

“I told you he wasn't reliable.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ràng nǐ gāi fēn gǎn jǐn jiù fēn le

让你该分 赶紧就分了

“You should've broken up sooner.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REPROACHING
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I told you so, and you should have listened to me from the start.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Intervention in Courtship

Chinese parents often feel a deep duty to evaluate their children's romantic partners, frequently framing personal relationship advice as protective life wisdom.

INTENT TAGS: #i_told_you_so #criticism #parental_advice #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
早跟你说过 SPOKEN CHUNK

told you a long time ago / warned you early on

A quintessential colloquial phrase used to signal an 'I told you so' reprimand.

不靠谱 SPOKEN CHUNK

unreliable / untrustworthy / flaky

Highly common northern Chinese spoken idiom used to describe an erratic, untrustworthy person or plan.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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