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《River Sunset》 S1·E8 (39:49) HSK 3
nǐ bú shì gěi lǎo yé mǎi le lǐ wù ma

你不是给老爷买了礼物吗

“Didn't you buy a gift for the master?”

《River Sunset》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 39:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà ge yíng yíng

那个莹莹

“Um, Yingying...”

nǐ bú shì gěi lǎo yé mǎi le lǐ wù ma CURRENT FOCUS

你不是 给 老 爷 买了 礼物 吗

“Didn't you buy a gift for the master?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kuài kuài ná chū lái ya

快 快拿出来呀

“Quick, take it out.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: PROMPTING
Tone: URGING
Emotion: EAGERNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Hurry up and show him the gift so he stays in a good mood.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Filial Decorum and Gift Presentation

Offering gifts to household elders (老爷) is a critical interpersonal maneuver to maintain harmony and gain favor in traditional households.

INTENT TAGS: #prompting #reminding #urging #face_giving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你不是……吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you...?; aren't you supposed to...?

A rhetorical pattern used to remind someone of an already known fact or plan and prompt action.

给……买礼物 SPOKEN CHUNK

buy a gift for someone

Standard prepositional phrase for gift-giving.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question to prompt affirmation and immediate action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 13 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《River Sunset》 S1·E8 (39:49) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus