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《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E20 (29:41) HSK 4
nǐ jì de tí mò bǎo wǒ dìng néng mài chū tiān jià lái

你记得题墨宝 我定能卖出天价来

“Do remember to grace it with your calligraphy. I shall certainly sell it for an exorbitant price.”

《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 29:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guò jǐ rì biàn sòng lái gěi nǐ kàn

过几日便送来给你看

“I'll have it sent to you in a few days.”

nǐ jì de tí mò bǎo wǒ dìng néng mài chū tiān jià lái CURRENT FOCUS

你 记得 题墨宝 我定能 卖出天价 来

“Do remember to grace it with your calligraphy. I shall certainly sell it for an exorbitant price.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ pài dào jìng zhōu lái de nà wèi zhū dà rén wǒ jiàn dào le

你派到径州来的那位朱大人 我见到了

“I have seen Mr. Zhu, whom you sent to Jingzhou,”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PLAYFUL FLATTERY
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: PLAYFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your work is priceless to me, though I'll joke about making a fortune off it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Honorific Respect for Calligraphy (Mobao)

Referring to someone's writing as 'mobao' is a classic Chinese honorific courtesy, elevating handwriting to elite intellectual artistry while teasingly mixing it with commercial worth.

INTENT TAGS: #banter #flattery #playfulness #compliment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
墨宝 SPOKEN CHUNK

cherished calligraphy or painting; precious piece of writing

An honorific term traditionally used to show high respect when referring to someone else's artistic writing or brushwork.

天价 SPOKEN CHUNK

sky-high price; astronomical sum

Used colloquially or in business contexts to describe ridiculously expensive or extraordinarily high market values.

Modal Particle「来」 (lai) CHANGE OF STATE

Serves as an assertive sentence-final filler in spoken Mandarin indicating confident momentum or prospective result.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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