MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《About Love》 S1·E24 (32:32) HSK 6
yào bù rán wǒ gēn nǐ shuō tā zhēn gēn nǐ jí

要不然我跟你说 他真跟你急

“Otherwise, you know, he'll really get upset.”

《About Love》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 32:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ hái bù néng shāng tā zì zūn xīn

“And you can't hurt his pride.”

yào bù rán wǒ gēn nǐ shuō tā zhēn gēn nǐ jí CURRENT FOCUS

要不然 我跟你说 他真 跟你急

“Otherwise, you know, he'll really get upset.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā tā tā xiàn zài jiù shì gè lǎo xiǎo hái ér

“He's… he's a big kid now.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Family & Home
Function: GIVING WARNING
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take my word seriously, you really need to tread carefully with him.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Elderly Childlike Temper (Lao Xiao Hai)

Chinese culture recognizes that aging parents often regress emotionally, requiring family members to pamper their self-esteem with patience rather than confront them.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #advice #caution #interpersonal_tact
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
要不然 SPOKEN CHUNK

otherwise; or else

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to introduce the negative consequence if a prior piece of advice is not followed.

跟……急 SPOKEN CHUNK

get angry with someone; lose one's temper at someone

A highly colloquial Northern expression describing someone suddenly losing their patience and blowing up.

🏮

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
《About Love》 S1·E24 (32:32) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus