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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35 (23:17) HSK 2
jì de zài lín ān de shí hòu

记得在林安的时候

“I remember back in Lin'an,”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35
TIMECODE: 23:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù rán zhēn shì zì jiàng shēn fèn

“Otherwise, you'd be lowering yourself.”

jì de zài lín ān de shí hòu CURRENT FOCUS

记得 在林安的时候

“I remember back in Lin'an,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ hái shuō

我还说

“I said”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: RECALLING PAST
Tone: REMINISCENT
Emotion: NOSTALGIA
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Shared History (忆往昔)

Invoking shared past experiences is a common relational strategy in Chinese discourse to build rapport or justify a viewpoint.

INTENT TAGS: #recollection #transition #narrating #reminiscing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
记得 SPOKEN CHUNK

remember; recall

Used as a conversational transition to bring up a relevant past occurrence.

……的时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when...; at the time of...

Standard temporal clause frame used to anchor a statement in a specific past moment.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions grammatically as part of the temporal construction '的时候'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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