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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E20 (18:05) HSK 6
rén ma dōu yǒu cū xīn de shí hòu

人嘛 都有粗心的时候

“Well, everyone has moments of carelessness.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 18:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiàn zài hái bù zhī shēn zài hé chù ne

“And she's still nowhere to be found.”

rén ma dōu yǒu cū xīn de shí hòu CURRENT FOCUS

人嘛 都有 粗心 的时候

“Well, everyone has moments of carelessness.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ ya yě shì yīn wèi cū xīn

“I was also careless,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: COMFORTING
Tone: REASSURING
Emotion: EMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't beat yourself up over it; making mistakes is just part of being human.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face Through Universalization

In Chinese social interaction, comforting someone often involves universalizing their flaw to preserve their face and ease discomfort.

INTENT TAGS: #comforting #reassurance #normalization #empathy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
人嘛 SPOKEN CHUNK

people, after all; being human

Used as a conversational buffer to invoke common human nature or universal understanding.

粗心 SPOKEN CHUNK

careless; inattentive

Commonly used to describe negligence, oversight, or lack of attention to detail.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion and marks the fact as an obvious, universally accepted truth.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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