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《Wonder Wall》 S1·E15 (40:03) HSK 4
nǐ kàn nà ge lǎo pò xiǎo de xiǎo qū

你看那个老破小的小区

“Those old rundown blocks,”

《Wonder Wall》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 40:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zǎo jiù huài diào le

早就坏掉了

“They've all been broken for years.”

nǐ kàn nà ge lǎo pò xiǎo de xiǎo qū CURRENT FOCUS

你看 那个 老破小 的 小区

“Those old rundown blocks,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lǎo pò xiǎo de lóu nǎ yǒu a

老破小的楼哪有啊

“old rundown buildings,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DIRECTING ATTENTION
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: DISMISSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take a look at how run-down this place is; you cannot expect modern standards here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Lao-Po-Xiao Real Estate Phenomenon

Refers to aging public-housing era apartments built between the 1980s and 1990s in Chinese cities, often prized for central location and school districts despite decaying facilities.

INTENT TAGS: #exemplifying #pointing_out #arguing #justifying
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
老破小 SPOKEN CHUNK

old, dilapidated, and small residential apartments/complexes

A highly popular modern real-estate and sociological buzzword describing dated inner-city housing stock.

你看 SPOKEN CHUNK

look / consider this

Frequently used at the start of a sentence as a discourse marker to introduce evidence or focus attention.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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