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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E15 (26:40) HSK 3
nǐ zhǎng dé hěn xiàng wǒ rèn shí de yī wèi gù rén

你长得很像我认识的一位故人

“You look very much like someone I once knew.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E15
TIMECODE: 26:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gū niáng

姑娘

“Miss.”

nǐ zhǎng dé hěn xiàng wǒ rèn shí de yī wèi gù rén CURRENT FOCUS

你 长得很像我认识的 一位 故人

“You look very much like someone I once knew.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā jiào cuì xiāng

她叫翠香

“Her name is Cuixiang.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: INITIATING CONVERSATION
Tone: GENTLE
Emotion: NOSTALGIA
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You remind me so much of someone from my past, and I want to talk to you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Striking Conversation via Resemblance

Claiming that a stranger looks like an old acquaintance is a classic social icebreaker in traditional Chinese storytelling and drama.

INTENT TAGS: #icebreaking #nostalgia #inquiry #approach
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
长得很像 SPOKEN CHUNK

looks very similar to

A common structure used to compare appearances between two people or things.

故人 SPOKEN CHUNK

old acquaintance / deceased or lost friend

A poetic or formal term referring to someone from one's past.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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