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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E3 (35:40) HSK 4
zhè me yuǎn dōu néng wén dé dào a

这么远都能闻得到啊

“You even smell it from that far?”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 35:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǔ fǎ shī gǎn jǐn qù xǐ xǐ ba

“Master Wu, go wash up.”

zhè me yuǎn dōu néng wén dé dào a CURRENT FOCUS

这么远都能闻得到 啊

“You even smell it from that far?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn de hěn chòu

真的很臭

“It really stinks.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPRESSING DISBELIEF
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I did not realize I smelled that terrible from over here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Casual Teasing Among Companions

Blunt remarks about someone's hygiene or odor are common among close comrades in Chinese culture, signaling familiarity rather than malice.

INTENT TAGS: #disbelief #surprise #acknowledgment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
这么远 SPOKEN CHUNK

this far away

Used as a spatial adverbial to highlight an unexpectedly large distance.

闻得到 SPOKEN CHUNK

able to smell

A potential complement structure indicating sensory ability to detect a scent.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical exclamation and marks genuine astonishment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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