《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E1 (25:16)
HSK 2
nǐ duō jiǔ méi chī fàn le méi duō jiǔ a
你多久没吃饭了 没多久啊
“How long has it been since you last ate? Not that long ago.”
《Love Story in the 1970s》
S1·E1
TIMECODE: 25:16
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ cái bú yào nǐ de huà ne
我才不要你的画呢
“I don't want your sketches.”
nǐ duō jiǔ méi chī fàn le méi duō jiǔ a
CURRENT FOCUS
你 多久没吃饭了 没多久 啊
“How long has it been since you last ate? Not that long ago.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yě jiù liǎng sān tiān ba
也就两三天吧
“Two or three days.”
Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
INQUIRING AND DOWNPLAYING
Tone:
CASUAL YET DEFENSIVE
Emotion:
CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't make a big fuss about it; I can handle going without food.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Face-saving in Hardship (Duo Mianzi)
Chinese speakers often downplay personal destitution or physical struggle to avoid burdening others or losing dignity.
INTENT TAGS:
#inquiring
#downplaying
#face_saving
#evasion
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
没多久
SPOKEN CHUNK
not long ago; not that long
A frequent conversational chunk used to downplay time duration or indicate recency.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the defensive reply and makes the counter-statement sound casual and unbothered.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E1 (25:16) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus