《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E21 (07:53)
HSK 5
shì wǒ men shì zhēng le diǎn xiǎo qián
是 我们是挣了点小钱
“Yes, we've made some money.”
《Live up to Your Youth》
S1·E21
TIMECODE: 07:53
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
xíng le
行了
“-Get to point. -Quiet.”
shì wǒ men shì zhēng le diǎn xiǎo qián
CURRENT FOCUS
是 我们是 挣了点小钱
“Yes, we've made some money.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ zhī dào
我知道
“I know.”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
MODEST ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Tone:
CONCEDING
Emotion:
DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Fine, we made a profit, but please don't blow it out of proportion.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Modesty about Wealth (Shouqian / Qianxu)
Understating financial profit as 'small money' protects against envy, jealousy, or aggressive demands from conversation partners.
INTENT TAGS:
#concession
#modesty
#downplaying
#hedging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
挣了点小钱
SPOKEN CHUNK
made a bit of small money / earned some modest cash
A typical self-deprecating or modest phrase used when admitting financial gains without boasting.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《小城大事》
88% Match
那咱们赚了一大便宜 那是 我听明白了 是吧
nà zán men zhuàn le yī dà biàn yí nà shì wǒ tīng míng bái le shì ba
“So we got a good bargain! Exactly! I get it now, right?”
《叵测》
88% Match
这钱本来就是该咱们的嘛
zhè qián běn lái jiù shì gāi zán men de ma
“That money was ours all along, right?”
《灿如繁星》
75% Match
我 我是不是挣到钱了吧 挣到了 你看
wǒ wǒ shì bú shì zhēng dào qián le ba zhēng dào le nǐ kàn
“I... Did I make money or not? -You did. -See?”
《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E21 (07:53) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus