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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (18:05) HSK 5
duì bù qǐ duì bù qǐ wàng le guān nào zhōng le

对不起对不起 忘了关闹钟了

“Sorry. I forgot to turn off the alarm.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 18:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuō bàn diǎn xián huà

说半点闲话

“to say a single bad word about my wife.”

duì bù qǐ duì bù qǐ wàng le guān nào zhōng le CURRENT FOCUS

对不起对不起 忘了关闹钟 了

“Sorry. I forgot to turn off the alarm.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dé chī róng shuān yào le

得吃溶栓药了

“It is time to take his blood clot medication.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: APOLOGIZING
Tone: APOLOGETIC
Emotion: EMBARRASSMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Politeness through Reduplication

Repeating apologies in Chinese quickly lowers the other party's annoyance by projecting immediate humility and attentiveness.

INTENT TAGS: #apology #admission_of_fault #appeasement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
对不起对不起 SPOKEN CHUNK

I'm so sorry / my apologies

Repeating '对不起' conveys sincerity, sudden realization of a mistake, and quick appeasement.

关闹钟 SPOKEN CHUNK

turn off the alarm

Standard daily verb-object collocation for turning off an alarm clock.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of forgetting and marks a newly realized change of state.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
忘了 忘了 对不起 你 对不起 我下次一定记得
《生命树》
86% Match
忘了 忘了 对不起 你 对不起 我下次一定记得
wàng le wàng le duì bù qǐ nǐ duì bù qǐ wǒ xià cì yí dìng jì de

“I forgot about it. -I’m sorry. -You… I'll definitely remember next time.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (18:05) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus