MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E5 (27:50) HSK 7
nǐ shǒu jiǎo dǎo shì tǐng kuài a

你手脚倒是挺快啊

“You're pretty quick.”

《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 27:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fū rén yūn dǎo le kuài kuài kuài kuài

“Her Ladyship has fainted! Come! Hurry, hurry!”

nǐ shǒu jiǎo dǎo shì tǐng kuài a CURRENT FOCUS

你手脚 倒是 挺快啊

“You're pretty quick.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái zhēn shì méi ràng wǒ děng tài jiǔ

“I barely had to wait at all.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SARCASTICALLY ACKNOWLEDGING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You moved fast—let's see if your competence matches your speed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appraising Underlings (Kaocha)

In hierarchical households or settings, leaders frequently use seemingly casual remarks about speed or competence to subtly assess subordinates' loyalty and attentiveness.

INTENT TAGS: #evaluation #sarcasm #acknowledgment #probing
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
手脚挺快 SPOKEN CHUNK

quick with one's hands and feet / nimble / efficient

Commonly used colloquially to describe someone who works swiftly, takes prompt action, or arrives rapidly.

倒是 SPOKEN CHUNK

actually / contrary to expectations

Used as an adverb to concede a point or emphasize an unexpected characteristic.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an evaluative, rhetorical resonance to the observation.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E5 (27:50) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus