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《Vanished Name》 S1·E21 (02:43) HSK 2
nǐ kàn huā zhè me duō qián zhè dōu bù biàn yí

你看花这么多钱 这都不便宜

“Look at all this money spent. None of it is cheap.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 02:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xíng la zhī dào cuò le jiù xíng le yǐ hòu bié mǎi le

“Alright, knowing that is enough. Stop buying things.”

nǐ kàn huā zhè me duō qián zhè dōu bù biàn yí CURRENT FOCUS

你看 花这么多钱 这都 不便宜

“Look at all this money spent. None of it is cheap.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǐ hòu hǎo hǎo chī fàn

以后好好吃饭

“Spend the money on food.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: GENTLE SCOLDING
Tone: NAGGING
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I appreciate the thought, but it pains me to see you waste hard-earned money.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Frugality as Parental Affection

Chinese elders frequently complain about the price of gifts bought by younger generations, which paradoxically signals appreciation coupled with deep-seated habits of frugality.

INTENT TAGS: #nagging #concern #frugality #scolding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
花这么多钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

spending so much money

Commonly used by parents or elders to express distress or affection when receiving expensive gifts.

都不便宜 SPOKEN CHUNK

none of it is cheap

Litotes used in spoken Chinese to emphasize that items are noticeably expensive.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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