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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5 (13:26) HSK 6
xí fù dēng dōu miè le

媳妇 灯都灭了

“Darling, even the lights are out.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 13:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bǎ là zhú chuī le ba

把蜡烛吹了吧

“Blow out the candles.”

xí fù dēng dōu miè le CURRENT FOCUS

媳妇 灯都灭了

“Darling, even the lights are out.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi xì le

没戏了

“Show's over.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REPORTING STATUS
Tone: DEFLATED
Emotion: DISAPPOINTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They went to sleep; there's nothing left for us to see.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Neighborly Voyeurism (Baxi)

In tight-knit traditional communities or comedy tropes, nosy relatives or neighbors frequently pry into newlyweds' or guests' night routines for entertainment.

INTENT TAGS: #giving_up #reporting_fact #disappointment #conclusion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
灯都灭了 SPOKEN CHUNK

the lights are completely out

Used to describe lights being turned off or extinguished, often implying bedtime or departure.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a completed change of state, highlighting that the lights have now been extinguished.

CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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