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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E11 (00:35) HSK 5
wǒ yě tì nǐ xiāng kàn qǐ lái

我也替你相看起来

“find you a match as well.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 00:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà nǐ de qīn shì

那你的亲事

“Then I shall”

wǒ yě tì nǐ xiāng kàn qǐ lái CURRENT FOCUS

我也 替你 相看 起来

“find you a match as well.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yuán lái mǔ qīn zài zhè ér děng zhe ér zi ne

“So Mother's been setting a trap for me.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: PROPOSING ACTION
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have delayed long enough, so I am taking over your marriage arrangements now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Matchmaking (Baoban Hanyin / Xiangqin)

In Chinese family hierarchy, parents traditionally held significant authority over adult children's marriages and actively took charge of screening prospects.

INTENT TAGS: #matchmaking #parental_pressure #marriage #taking_charge
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
相看 SPOKEN CHUNK

to evaluate prospective marriage matches; matchmaking appraisal

A traditional term referring to sizing up potential suitors or brides for an arranged marriage.

替你 SPOKEN CHUNK

for you; on your behalf

Used to denote doing a task for someone else, often implying protective or parental intervention.

Modal Particle「来」 (lai) CHANGE OF STATE

Serves as an aspectual directional marker indicating the initiation and continuation of an action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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