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《The First Jasmine》 S1·E13 (15:47) HSK 3
mù yáng hóu hǎo xiàng chóu méi bù zhǎn

穆阳侯好像愁眉不展

“Marquis Muyang, you look worried.”

《The First Jasmine》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 15:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhēn shì xīn kǔ le

真是辛苦了

“You were gone for three months. It must have been tiring.”

mù yáng hóu hǎo xiàng chóu méi bù zhǎn CURRENT FOCUS

穆阳侯 好像 愁眉不展

“Marquis Muyang, you look worried.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yuán fàng zhī sǐ rén rén dōu huái yí shì běn hóu méi yùn chán shēn

袁放之死人人都怀疑是本侯 霉运缠身

“Everyone suspects I'm behind Yuan Fang's death. Bad luck clings to me. Nothing goes my way.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: OBSERVING DISTRESS
Tone: OBSERVANT
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You clearly have serious problems weighing on your mind; tell me what is wrong.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Inquiry (Guan Huai)

When inquiring about a superior's or peer's troubles, polite etiquette calls for describing physical symptoms of stress rather than asking blunt, invasive questions.

INTENT TAGS: #observation #probing #concern #tactful_inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
愁眉不展 SPOKEN CHUNK

with locked brows; looking deeply worried

A vivid four-character idiom describing facial expressions of prolonged anxiety or distress.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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