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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E5 (07:17) HSK 6
dào shí hòu tōu tōu qù wǒ men jiā zhù jiě nà wǒ men hái shì zhēng qǔ yī xià ba

到时候偷偷去我们家住 姐 那我们还是争取一下吧

“and stay at my place. Liu. Let's still try to persuade them first.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 07:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wàn yī tā men yào bù tóng yì nǐ jiù shuō nǐ lí jiā chū zǒu

“If they disagree, just run away from home”

dào shí hòu tōu tōu qù wǒ men jiā zhù jiě nà wǒ men hái shì zhēng qǔ yī xià ba CURRENT FOCUS

到时候 偷偷 去我们家住 姐 那我们还 是 争取一下 吧

“and stay at my place. Liu. Let's still try to persuade them first.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ bié ná yào shi kāi mén dào shí hòu qiāo mén

你别拿钥匙开门 到时候敲门

“Don't use the key. Knock first.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: PROPOSING PLAN
Tone: SUPPORTIVE
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Sibling Solidarity (手足情深)

In traditional and modern Chinese families, siblings frequently form supportive alliances to navigate strict or conservative parental authority and negotiate personal autonomy.

INTENT TAGS: #encouragement #solidarity #backup_plan #collaboration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
到时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when the time comes; at that time

Extremely frequent conversational phrase used to introduce conditional plans for the future.

争取一下 SPOKEN CHUNK

give it a try; fight for it; make an effort

A proactive expression used to encourage someone to attempt achieving a favorable outcome before conceding defeat.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the proposal into an encouraging and collaborative suggestion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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