《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E2 (21:10)
HSK 5
lǎo bǎi xìng gān yī nián cái zhēng duō shǎo qián
老百姓干一年 才挣多少钱
“How much does a local earn working for a whole year?”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E2
TIMECODE: 21:10
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhé hé rén mín bì liù bǎi duō kuài qián
折合人民币 六百多块钱
“which is over six hundred yuan.”
lǎo bǎi xìng gān yī nián cái zhēng duō shǎo qián
CURRENT FOCUS
老百姓 干一年 才挣多少钱
“How much does a local earn working for a whole year?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhè shì duō dà de yòu huò
这是多大的诱惑
“Imagine the temptation.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
RHETORICAL QUESTIONING
Tone:
REFLECTIVE
Emotion:
HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Ordinary people make next to nothing, so of course they are tempted.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Socioeconomic Realism of Laobaixing
Referring to 'laobaixing' grounds discussions of crime or ethics in the harsh daily survival struggles of rural working-class Chinese citizens.
INTENT TAGS:
#rationalization
#empathy
#rhetorical_question
#economic_contrast
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
老百姓
SPOKEN CHUNK
ordinary people, common folk
A common colloquial term used to refer to everyday citizens in contrast to officials or wealthy elites.
才挣多少钱
SPOKEN CHUNK
earn so little money
A rhetorical structure combining 才 with a question word to emphasize how small or negligible an amount is.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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