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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E22 (14:49) HSK 6
yì zhí méi qiú nǐ

一直没求你

“Never asked you.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 14:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gē kě yì zhí méi qiú guò nǐ a

“I've never asked you for anything before.”

yì zhí méi qiú nǐ CURRENT FOCUS

一直 没求你

“Never asked you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shuō zhì qiáng

你说志强

“Zhiqiang committed such a serious offense.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PLEADING FAVOR
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I never ask you for favors, so you owe it to me to help just this once.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Renqing (Relational Debt and Favors)

In Chinese culture, claiming you have never asked someone for a favor establishes emotional leverage, making a refusal carry a heavy social cost.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading #favor_seeking #emotional_appeal #persuasion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一直没求你 SPOKEN CHUNK

have never begged you / have never asked you for a favor all along

Used when making a serious, hard-to-refuse request by emphasizing that you rarely trouble the other person.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

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