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《The Truth》 S1·E15 (38:06) HSK 1
nà shí hòu yǒng guāng cái yī jiā diàn

那时候永光才一家店

“Back then, Yongguang only had one store.”

《The Truth》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 38:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài zǎo jiù shì zài tā men jiā kāi nà chāo shì hái gàn guò yī duàn shí jiān

“Even earlier, she worked at the supermarket they ran for a while.”

nà shí hòu yǒng guāng cái yī jiā diàn CURRENT FOCUS

那时候永光 才一家店

“Back then, Yongguang only had one store.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN guān xì zěn me yàng

关系怎么样

“How are things?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REMINISCING
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Remembering Humble Beginnings

Chinese conversationalists often refer to early humble stages of an enterprise to establish credibility, deep roots, or shared history.

INTENT TAGS: #reminiscing #providing_context #background_sharing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
那时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

back then; at that time

Used to open an anecdote or set the temporal background when reminiscing about past events.

才一家店 SPOKEN CHUNK

only a single store

The character '才' emphasizes how small or few the number was compared to the present.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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