MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E3 (08:12) HSK 3
ràng tā qù yī yuàn jiǎn chá shēn tǐ tā yě bù qù

让他去医院检查身体 他也不去

“We asked him to get a checkup, but he refused.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 08:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǐ shì xiàng zhēng xìng dì kòu le yì diǎn gōng zī méi yǒu jǐ yǔ hěn yán zhòng de chéng fá

只是象征性地扣了一点工资 没有给予很严重的惩罚

“we only symbolically docked his pay. We didn't punish him severely.”

ràng tā qù yī yuàn jiǎn chá shēn tǐ tā yě bù qù CURRENT FOCUS

让他去 医院 检查身体 他 也不 去

“We asked him to get a checkup, but he refused.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bié pāi le

别拍了

“Stop banging on the door.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION
Tone: COMPLAINING
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We tried to take care of him, but he is completely uncooperative.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Reluctance Towards Hospitals

Many older Chinese or working-class men are notorious for avoiding hospital checkups due to stoicism or fear of medical expenses and bad news.

INTENT TAGS: #helplessness #complaining #exoneration #concern
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
检查身体 SPOKEN CHUNK

to get a medical checkup

A very standard phrase referring to seeing a doctor or having health screening.

也不去 SPOKEN CHUNK

refuses to go either / still won't go

Emphasizes stubborn resistance or persistent refusal despite repeated urging.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E3 (08:12) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus