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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (23:36) HSK 3
bú shì yǒu yī jù huà ma yí gè rén rú guǒ bù jué dé

不是有一句话吗 一个人如果不觉得

“There is a saying, if a person does not feel”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 23:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě chéng zhǎng le hěn duō

也成长了很多

“and I have grown a great deal.”

bú shì yǒu yī jù huà ma yí gè rén rú guǒ bù jué dé CURRENT FOCUS

不是有一句话吗 一个人 如果不 觉得

“There is a saying, if a person does not feel”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī nián qián de zì jǐ hěn mò shēng

一年前的自己很陌生

“that their past self from a year ago is unfamiliar,”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CITING WISDOM
Tone: CONTEMPLATIVE
Emotion: THOUGHTFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Shared Sayings

Invoking aphorisms or societal consensus is a standard conversational tactic in Chinese to provide comforting, authoritative perspective on life challenges.

INTENT TAGS: #philosophizing #encouragement #validating #quoting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是有一句话吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't there a saying that...

A very natural rhetorical opener used to introduce a proverb, quote, or common wisdom in daily speech.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question and invites agreement from the interlocutor.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

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