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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E7 (22:11) HSK 6
jiù zài mǎ tóu duì miàn shāng diàn jiē de zhuǎn jiǎo

就在码头对面商店街的转角

“is at the corner of the shopping street across the pier.”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 22:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǎn zhé jiā

宛哲家

“Wanzhe's house”

jiù zài mǎ tóu duì miàn shāng diàn jiē de zhuǎn jiǎo CURRENT FOCUS

就在 码头 对面商店街 的转角

“is at the corner of the shopping street across the pier.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā mā mā jiào ān qí lā

他妈妈叫安琪拉

“His mother is Angela.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: GIVING DIRECTIONS
Tone: INFORMATIVE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Landmark-based Spatial Orientation

In casual Chinese conversation, people often orient others using visible landmarks like piers or shopping streets rather than formal street numbers.

INTENT TAGS: #direction_giving #informing #clarification #locating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就在……对面 SPOKEN CHUNK

right across from...

Use this pattern to pinpoint an exact location relative to a prominent landmark.

转角 SPOKEN CHUNK

street corner

A common colloquial term for a corner or bend in a road or alley.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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