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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5 (27:10) HSK 2
shǎo shuō yě yǒu èr shí kuài wǎng shàng

少说也有二十块往上

“at least 20 pieces.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 27:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái yǒu féng nián guò jié lái tǎo de zhū ròu

“And the pork they begged for during festivals—”

shǎo shuō yě yǒu èr shí kuài wǎng shàng CURRENT FOCUS

少说 也有 二十块往上

“at least 20 pieces.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiā qǐ lái de èr liǎng yín zi wǎng shàng ba

“That must add up to over 2 taels of silver.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: ESTIMATING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Look how much they took from us; it easily adds up to more than twenty chunks.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Grievance Accounting

Listing and tallying small historical favors or handouts item by item is a common way to express grievances about an exploitative relative or neighbor.

INTENT TAGS: #estimation #complaint #enumeration #accounting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
少说也有 SPOKEN CHUNK

at the very least there are; at least

Used to make a cautious, conservative lower-bound estimation in spoken Chinese.

往上 SPOKEN CHUNK

upwards; or more; and above

Follows a number or amount to denote an open-ended minimum threshold.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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