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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E10 (22:31) HSK 7
tā bú huì zhè me xiǎo qì lián xǐ táng dōu shě bù dé mǎi ba

他不会这么小气 连喜糖都舍不得买吧

“He's not so stingy that he won't even buy candy, is he?”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 22:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ hé fāng mù yáng jié hūn zhèng dōu lǐng le shén me shí hòu qǐng wǒ men chī xǐ táng ya

你和方穆扬结婚证都领了 什么时候请我们吃喜糖呀

“you and Fang Muyang already got your marriage certificate. When are you treating us to wedding candy?”

tā bú huì zhè me xiǎo qì lián xǐ táng dōu shě bù dé mǎi ba CURRENT FOCUS

他 不会 这么小气 连 喜糖 都舍不得 买 吧

“He's not so stingy that he won't even buy candy, is he?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái shì shuō

还是说

“Or”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PLAYFUL TEASING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You got married, so don't be cheap—hurry up and treat us to candy!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Wedding Candy (Xitang) Custom

Distributing wedding candy to peers upon getting married is a mandatory social custom in China to share good fortune; failing to do so invites light-hearted teasing about stinginess.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #banter #social_expectation #prodding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
舍不得 SPOKEN CHUNK

reluctant to spend or part with

Extremely frequent expression used to describe stinginess with money or hesitation to discard things.

吃喜糖 SPOKEN CHUNK

to eat wedding candy

A standard cultural idiom representing celebrating someone's marriage.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical provocation and invites confirmation in a teasing tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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