《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E8 (46:15)
HSK 3
nǐ zhè ge rén ba qí shí tǐng hǎo de
你这个人吧 其实挺好的
“You're actually quite nice.”
《The Devil Between Us》
S1·E8
TIMECODE: 46:15
·
1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
qí shí wǒ zuì jìn ne kàn nǐ shùn yǎn duō le
“Actually, lately, I've been looking at you more favorably.”
nǐ zhè ge rén ba qí shí tǐng hǎo de
CURRENT FOCUS
你 这个人 吧 其实 挺好的
“You're actually quite nice.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
jiù shì yǒu yì diǎn
就是有一点
“But you're”
Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode
Browse Show Clips →
Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
HEDGED CRITICISM
Tone:
CONCILIATORY
Emotion:
SINCERITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have good qualities, but there is one major flaw I am about to point out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Praise Before Critique
Chinese communicators frequently offer a blanket compliment on a person's character before pointing out a specific flaw to preserve face.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#buffering
#prefacing
#face_saving
🧩
2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
你这个人
SPOKEN CHUNK
you as a person; your character
Used colloquially to transition into a personal evaluation or assessment of someone's personality.
挺好的
SPOKEN CHUNK
pretty good; quite nice
A frequent conversational praise often used as a diplomatic buffer before a qualification.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Indicates a conversational pause and softens the opening evaluation, signaling tentative appraisal.
🏮
3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E8 (46:15) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus