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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5 (32:16) HSK 4
pìn shū zǎo jiù yā zài nǐ men jiā mén kǒu

聘书早就压在你们家门口

“The betrothal letter has long been placed under the stone slab”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 32:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú shì zán de zán bú yào

不是咱的咱不要

“We won't take what's not ours.”

pìn shū zǎo jiù yā zài nǐ men jiā mén kǒu CURRENT FOCUS

聘书 早就 压在你们家门口

“The betrothal letter has long been placed under the stone slab”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shí bǎn xià le

石板下了

“at your house's doorstep.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: ASSERTING COMMITMENT
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: INSISTENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You cannot say this has nothing to do with you; our betrothal is already an established fact.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Betrothal Protocol (三书六礼 - Three Letters and Six Rites)

In traditional Chinese marriage customs, the delivery of the formal betrothal letter (聘书) creates an official, socially binding commitment.

INTENT TAGS: #asserting #revealing_truth #commitment #refutation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
聘书 SPOKEN CHUNK

formal betrothal contract; marriage letter

In traditional contexts, this refers to the official written betrothal proposal binding two families in marriage.

早就 SPOKEN CHUNK

long ago; already for a long time

Placed before verbs to emphasize that something was completed much earlier than expected.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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