MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E8 (04:10) HSK 1
yě shì gè jìn shì duì bú duì duì duì duì duì duì

也是个进士 对不对 对 对 对对对

“is at least an "imperial scholar," right? Yes! Yes!”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 04:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǔ bǎi duō fēn yě néng shàng jīng chéng de dà xué xiǎo lán shì zhuàng yuán zán chén qìng

五百多分 也能上京城的大学 晓兰是状元 咱陈庆

“With over 500 points, he can also get into a university in Jingcheng. Xiaolan is our "top scholar," and Chen Qing”

yě shì gè jìn shì duì bú duì duì duì duì duì duì CURRENT FOCUS

也是 个进士 对不对 对 对 对对对

“is at least an "imperial scholar," right? Yes! Yes!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duì

对

“Yes!”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Family & Home
Function: SEEKING VALIDATION AND CONSOLING
Tone: REASSURING
Emotion: ENTHUSIASM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't feel down just because Xiaolan got first place; your score is still a massive achievement!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Jinshi Metaphor (进士)

Drawing parallels between the modern Gaokao (college entrance examination) and the imperial civil examination (Keju) to flatter and console students who scored high enough for decent universities even if not the absolute top.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #consolation #seeking_agreement #encouragement
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
对不对 SPOKEN CHUNK

right? / isn't that so?

A common conversational tag question used to seek prompt agreement or build consensus.

也是个 SPOKEN CHUNK

is also considered a...

Used to put someone into a positive category or affirm their status alongside others.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E8 (04:10) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus