MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12 (34:10) HSK 5
wǒ chūn zhōu yǒu gè péng yǒu zhèng hǎo zài dǎ tīng yī pī huò

我椿州有个朋友 正好在打听一批货

“I have a friend in Chunzhou who just happens to be looking for goods.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 34:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà yě xíng

那也行

“that works too.”

wǒ chūn zhōu yǒu gè péng yǒu zhèng hǎo zài dǎ tīng yī pī huò CURRENT FOCUS

我椿州有个 朋友 正好 在 打听 一 批货

“I have a friend in Chunzhou who just happens to be looking for goods.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gēn nǐ nà huò tǐng xiàng de

跟你那货挺像的

“Sounds a lot like what you've got.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Business & Trade
Function: PROPOSING OPPORTUNITY
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: INTEREST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I might have a buyer lined up for you if you want to make a deal.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi in Trade

Business transactions in Chinese culture frequently originate through informal personal networks and mutual acquaintances rather than cold calls.

INTENT TAGS: #networking #dealmaking #informing #brokering
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
打听 SPOKEN CHUNK

to ask about; to inquire into

Commonly used in spoken Chinese when casually probing for information or checking market availability.

一批货 SPOKEN CHUNK

a batch of goods / merchandise

A standard commercial measure-word collocation used to refer to a lot or shipment of products.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 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·E12 (34:10) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus