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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E14 (03:43) HSK 4
jiù shì a nà duì a yī tiān wǔ dùn dùn dùn bù shǎo a

就是啊 那对啊 一天五顿 顿顿不少啊

“Exactly. Right. Five full meals every day.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 03:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zěn me kě néng nǐ zhè liǎn dōu shòu āo jìn qù le

“I eat five meals a day. How could I... Your face has even sunken in.”

jiù shì a nà duì a yī tiān wǔ dùn dùn dùn bù shǎo a CURRENT FOCUS

就是啊 那 对啊 一天五顿 顿顿不少 啊

“Exactly. Right. Five full meals every day.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zán men bú shì dìng diǎn gěi tā zuò de wǔ dùn duì a nǐ kàn shì bú shì

咱们不是定点 给他做的五顿 对啊 你看是不是

“We even prepared his five meals on schedule. Right. See? Right?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: DEFENDING CARE
Tone: EMPHATIC
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We feed him round the clock, so do not blame us if he still looks thin!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Care Manifested through Food

In Chinese culture, nourishing someone with abundant meals is the primary standard of affection and domestic duty.

INTENT TAGS: #defensiveness #agreement #insistence #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就是啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

exactly; that's right

A spoken phrase used to strongly align with the other speaker or validate an assertion.

顿顿不少 SPOKEN CHUNK

never missing a single meal

Used idiomatically to emphasize that regular nourishment has been meticulously provided.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Enhances the assertive and insistent tone when confirming a known fact.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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