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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E10 (32:57) HSK 3
bù xíng bù xíng tài guì le

不行不行 太贵了

“No, no. Too expensive.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 32:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài mǎi gè wǔ dǒu guì

再买个五斗柜

“Another chest of drawers?”

bù xíng bù xíng tài guì le CURRENT FOCUS

不行不行 太贵了

“No, no. Too expensive.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN mǎi gè xiāng zi

买个箱子

“Let's just get a trunk.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REJECTION
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Budget Consciousness in Household Planning

Directly rejecting purchases based on price reflects the deep-rooted cultural virtue of thriftiness and pragmatic financial management among Chinese families.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #budgeting #thrift #directness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不行不行 SPOKEN CHUNK

no way; definitely not

Reduplicating '不行' adds emphasis and shows immediate, instinctive refusal in informal speech.

太贵了 SPOKEN CHUNK

too expensive

Essential spoken phrase when negotiating prices or expressing concern about high costs.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions with '太' in the standard '太...了' construction to express excessiveness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E10 (32:57) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus