MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E6 (11:58) HSK 7
yǐ qián wǒ sān fān wǔ cì yāo nǐ

以前我三番五次邀你

“I invited you time and again before,”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 11:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bù lǐ jiě

我不理解

“I don't understand.”

yǐ qián wǒ sān fān wǔ cì yāo nǐ CURRENT FOCUS

以前 我 三番五次 邀你

“I invited you time and again before,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ dōu méi yǒu huí yìng guò wǒ

你都没有回应过我

“yet you never responded.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Social & Dating
Function: VOICING GRIEVANCE
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You treated me like air back then, so why are you acting interested now?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Reciprocity and Face in Invitations

Repeatedly declining invitations without adequate explanation damages face (面子); bringing this up directly signals a demand to address past interpersonal slights.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #confrontation #complaint #demanding_explanation
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
三番五次 SPOKEN CHUNK

repeatedly; time and again

An idiom emphasizing that an action was done persistently, often carrying a tinge of frustration when unreciprocated.

邀 SPOKEN CHUNK

to invite

A concise, slightly formal equivalent of 邀请, common in written and dramatic spoken Chinese.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E6 (11:58) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus