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《The Truth》 S1·E16 (18:02) HSK 6
xiàn zài zhè xiǎo guǎng gào bú shì dào chù dōu shì ma

现在这小广告 不是到处都是嘛

“These flyers are everywhere nowadays.”

《The Truth》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 18:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi yǒu suí biàn kàn kàn zǒu mǎ lù shàng rén sāi gěi wǒ de

没有 随便看看 走马路上人塞给我的

“No, just browsing. Someone handed it to me on the street.”

xiàn zài zhè xiǎo guǎng gào bú shì dào chù dōu shì ma CURRENT FOCUS

现 在这 小广告 不是 到处都是 嘛

“These flyers are everywhere nowadays.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dì duàn bù cuò a bù kǎo lǜ kǎo lǜ

“The location is good. Why not consider it?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DEFLECTING SUSPICION
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't read into this; someone just shoved this ad into my hand like they do to everyone.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Street Handouts and Face-saving

Street flyers for real estate are ubiquitous in Chinese cities, making them a convenient excuse to deflect nosy inquiries about one's financial or housing plans.

INTENT TAGS: #downplaying #rationalization #deflection #face_saving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
小广告 SPOKEN CHUNK

small flyers or unsolicited advertisements

Commonly refers to ubiquitous paper flyers distributed on streets or pasted onto walls.

到处都是 SPOKEN CHUNK

everywhere / all over the place

A highly common spoken idiom to emphasize the overwhelming presence of something.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Invokes common knowledge to convince the listener that the situation is normal and obvious.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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