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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E31 (32:59) HSK 5
zài shuō mǎn jīng chéng dǎ tīng le qù

再说 满京城打听了去

“Besides, if you ask around the entire capital,”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 32:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǎ néng yuàn dé zhe nín

哪能怨得着您

“how could anyone blame you?”

zài shuō mǎn jīng chéng dǎ tīng le qù CURRENT FOCUS

再说 满京城打听 了去

“Besides, if you ask around the entire capital,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuí yě méi nín huì jiào yǎng hòu bèi

“no one raises the younger generations better than you do.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: FLATTERING COMFORT
Tone: REASSURING
Emotion: COMFORT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not blame yourself; everyone across the city knows you are the best mentor around.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Filial Comfort and Social Face

When comforting respected elders, Chinese speakers invoke collective community acclaim to restore the elder's face and dispel their feelings of self-reproach.

INTENT TAGS: #consolation #flattery #reassurance #face_giving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
再说 SPOKEN CHUNK

besides; furthermore

Introduces an additional, persuasive supporting point in an argument or consolation.

打听了去 SPOKEN CHUNK

go ahead and ask around

An assertive colloquial phrase used to emphasize that public consensus supports the speaker's claim.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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