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《The Truth》 S1·E14 (27:05) HSK 3
cóng nián qīng de shí hòu bái shǒu qǐ jiā

从年轻的时候白手起家

“from scratch and had built it together since we were young.”

《The Truth》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 27:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bì jìng shì wǒ gēn tā

毕竟是我跟他

“After all, he and I started”

cóng nián qīng de shí hòu bái shǒu qǐ jiā CURRENT FOCUS

从 年轻的时候 白手起家

“from scratch and had built it together since we were young.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yì qǐ dǎ pīn guò lái de

“from scratch and had built it together since we were young.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REMINISCING
Tone: EMOTIONAL
Emotion: NOSTALGIA
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We built everything together through hard times, so you cannot easily overlook our shared history.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Shared Hardship (Tonggan Gongku)

In Chinese culture, enduring poverty and hard work together during youth creates a sacred moral bond that obligates mutual loyalty in later years.

INTENT TAGS: #reminiscing #bonding #justification #appealing_to_history
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
白手起家 SPOKEN CHUNK

to start from scratch, build an enterprise bare-handed

A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) frequently used in Chinese to praise someone who achieved success without inherited wealth.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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