MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《My Destiny》 S1·E17 (20:38) HSK 6
nà nǐ yě suàn shì yì jǐn huán xiāng le shì ba

那你也算是衣锦还乡了 是吧

“You would be returning in glory, wouldn't it?”

《My Destiny》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 20:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ tīng shuō nǐ zài nà ér nián shōu rù hěn kě guān a

“I hear your yearly income is pretty impressive.”

nà nǐ yě suàn shì yì jǐn huán xiāng le shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

那你也 算是 衣锦还乡 了 是吧

“You would be returning in glory, wouldn't it?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù zhuàn zhè jǐ gè qián

就赚这几个钱

“Earning this little”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Social & Dating
Function: FLATTERING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You've struck it rich out there, haven't you? Don't be modest with me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Returning Home in Splendor (Yi Jin Huan Xiang)

Achieving wealth or status in larger cities and returning home to show success to relatives and peers is a deeply rooted social concept in Chinese society.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #probing #complimenting #verifying
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
衣锦还乡 SPOKEN CHUNK

to return home in glory and wealth

A classical four-character idiom (chengyu) frequently used in modern speech to describe making good money outside and returning to one's hometown.

也算是 SPOKEN CHUNK

can be considered as / may count as

Used to soften an evaluation or tentative categorization in conversational speech.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a new state or conclusion reached based on the prior turn.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Appeals to the listener for confirmation or agreement in a gentle, conversational tone.

🏮

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
《My Destiny》 S1·E17 (20:38) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus