MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Road to Success》 S1·E10 (28:05) HSK 4
zhī qián nǐ shuō guò nǐ bú huì zhǎng liú

之前你说过你不会长留

“You said before that you wouldn't be staying long.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 28:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù dé bù chéng rèn hái shì nǐ zhōu dào

“I have to admit, you really are thoughtful.”

zhī qián nǐ shuō guò nǐ bú huì zhǎng liú CURRENT FOCUS

之前 你说 过你 不会长留

“You said before that you wouldn't be staying long.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàn zài zěn me xiǎng

现在怎么想

“What do you think now?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Workplace
Function: INQUIRING INTENTIONS
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You seem to fit in well now, so are you really still planning to leave?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Probing of Career Intentions

Colleagues or managers often reference a person's earlier remarks rather than asking bluntly if they want to quit, allowing space to save face.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #retention #inquiry #indirectness
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
长留 SPOKEN CHUNK

stay for a long time; remain permanently

A concise, slightly literary spoken term used when discussing long-term residency or career commitments.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Road to Success》 S1·E10 (28:05) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus