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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E23 (37:56) HSK 1
wǒ méi zěn me tīng dǒng

我没怎么听懂

“I didn't quite understand.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 37:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gāng cái nín shuō nà huà shì shén me yì si ya

“what did you mean by that?”

wǒ méi zěn me tīng dǒng CURRENT FOCUS

我 没怎么 听懂

“I didn't quite understand.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiǎn dān lái shuō

简单来说

“Simply put,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REQUESTING CLARIFICATION
Tone: POLITE
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Hedging in Communication

Using 没怎么 (not quite/not really) instead of a blunt 没听懂 softens the admission of misunderstanding, preserving the conversational partner's face.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #hedging #inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
没怎么听懂 SPOKEN CHUNK

did not quite catch or understand

A polite, softened way to state that you did not grasp what was just said without sounding confrontational.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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不过 我没太听懂她在说什么
《危险关系》
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不过 我没太听懂她在说什么
bù guò wǒ méi tài tīng dǒng tā zài shuō shén me

“But I didn't quite understand what she was saying.”

那个 没听懂
《冬去春来》
95% Match
那个 没听懂
nà ge méi tīng dǒng

“Um... I didn't understand.”

您刚才讲的我听不大懂
《狂飙》
95% Match
您刚才讲的我听不大懂
nín gāng cái jiǎng de wǒ tīng bù dà dǒng

“I don't quite understand what you just said.”

我听不明白你们在说什么
《长河落日》
88% Match
我听不明白你们在说什么
wǒ tīng bù míng bái nǐ men zài shuō shén me

“I don't understand what you're saying”

我怎么有点听不明白了呢
《成何体统》
88% Match
我怎么有点听不明白了呢
wǒ zěn me yǒu diǎn tīng bù míng bái le ne

“I'm a bit confused.”

你看正常人跟他说话聊不明白
《岁月有情时》
88% Match
你看正常人跟他说话聊不明白
nǐ kàn zhèng cháng rén gēn tā shuō huà liáo bù míng bái

“Normal people can't make sense of him,”

我其实有点没太听明白
《小城大事》
88% Match
我其实有点没太听明白
wǒ qí shí yǒu diǎn méi tài tīng míng bái

“Ms. Li, I'm still a bit confused.”

您怎么还听不明白呀
《家业》
88% Match
您怎么还听不明白呀
nín zěn me hái tīng bù míng bái ya

“Why don't you still understand?”

一时半会儿也讲不明白
《佳偶天成》
88% Match
一时半会儿也讲不明白
yī shí bàn huì er yě jiǎng bù míng bái

“and it can't be explained clearly in a short time.”

他连一句完整的话都说不明白
《江湖夜雨十年灯》
88% Match
他连一句完整的话都说不明白
tā lián yī jù wán zhěng de huà dōu shuō bù míng bái

“He could barely speak in full sentences.”

我一个学位都修不明白
《隐身的名字》
88% Match
我一个学位都修不明白
wǒ yí gè xué wèi dōu xiū bù míng bái

“(I can barely handle one degree.)”

还是没把话听明白
《逐玉》
88% Match
还是没把话听明白
hái shì méi bǎ huà tīng míng bái

“still haven't understood what I meant.”

虽然没听清楚究竟在说什么
《唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣》
86% Match
虽然没听清楚究竟在说什么
suī rán méi tīng qīng chǔ jiū jìng zài shuō shén me

“I couldn't hear clearly what they were saying,”

我那还傻呵呵听不懂呢
《岁月有情时》
85% Match
我那还傻呵呵听不懂呢
wǒ nà hái shǎ hē hē tīng bù dǒng ne

“But I was too silly to understand what you meant.”

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