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《Vanished Name》 S1·E17 (13:21) HSK 4
lián yí gè yuè dōu méi yòng quán

连一个月都没用全

“not even used for a full month.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 13:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè jī hū dōu shì xīn de

这几乎都是新的

“Sir, this is practically brand new,”

lián yí gè yuè dōu méi yòng quán CURRENT FOCUS

连 一个月 都没用 全

“not even used for a full month.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà bù néng nà me suàn nǐ mǎi huí lái le nǐ jiù shì méi shǐ

“That's not how you explain it. Since you bought it, it's second-hand, even if you haven't used it.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: BARGAINING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't lowball me; this item is barely used.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Second-hand Bargaining Logic

In Chinese informal flea markets or second-hand trades, buyers and sellers negotiate aggressively over wear-and-tear versus purchase time.

INTENT TAGS: #bargaining #justification #persuasion #asserting_value
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
连……都没 SPOKEN CHUNK

not even...

Used as an emphatic construction to highlight an extreme case or minimal threshold.

用全 SPOKEN CHUNK

use for a full duration

A colloquial combination emphasizing completing the entirety of a time period.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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