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《My Destiny》 S1·E8 (19:57) HSK 7
hòu lái hǎo duō lǎo xiāng hái zhuān mén yǐ mài xuè wéi shēng

后来好多老乡 还专门以卖血为生

“Later, many villagers even sold blood for a living.”

《My Destiny》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 19:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shī qù le shēng mìng

失去了生命

“because of it.”

hòu lái hǎo duō lǎo xiāng hái zhuān mén yǐ mài xuè wéi shēng CURRENT FOCUS

后来 好多 老乡 还 专门 以卖血为生

“Later, many villagers even sold blood for a living.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zài shōu shí tā yí wù de shí hòu wǒ fā xiàn

我在收拾她遗物的时候 我发现

“When I was going through her things, I found”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: NARRATING HARDSHIP
Tone: SOLEMN
Emotion: SADNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Rural Poverty and Blood Selling

Reflects the tragic historical reality in parts of rural China during the late 20th century where extreme poverty drove villagers into illegal or unregulated blood-selling economies.

INTENT TAGS: #narrating #recounting #background_sharing #lamenting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
以……为生 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make a living by doing something

A common formal or semi-formal structure used to describe one's source of livelihood.

卖血 SPOKEN CHUNK

selling blood

Refers historically to impoverished rural residents selling their plasma or whole blood for cash.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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