《The First Jasmine》 S1·E12 (04:58)
HSK 6
wǒ néng qiú nǐ yī jiàn shì ma
我能求你一件事吗
“Your Highness, may I ask you for one thing?”
《The First Jasmine》
S1·E12
TIMECODE: 04:58
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
diàn xià
殿下
“Your Highness, may I ask you for one thing?”
wǒ néng qiú nǐ yī jiàn shì ma
CURRENT FOCUS
我能 求你一件事 吗
“Your Highness, may I ask you for one thing?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ shuō
你说
“What is it?”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
REQUESTING FAVOR
Tone:
PLEADING
Emotion:
APPREHENSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I need your help with something crucial, and I hope you will not turn me down.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Humbling Oneself to Make Requests (Qiu)
Using the verb '求' (to beg/plead) rather than '请' (to ask politely) intentionally lowers the speaker's status to demonstrate total vulnerability and earnestness.
INTENT TAGS:
#requesting_favor
#hedging
#deference
#supplication
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
求你一件事
SPOKEN CHUNK
ask a favor of you; beg of you one thing
Used when asking for a serious favor that requires emotional weight or humble posture.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the request into a polite, deferential yes-no question.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The First Jasmine》 S1·E12 (04:58) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus