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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (24:55) HSK 4
nǐ shǎo shuō jǐ jù hǎo bù hǎo yào mǎi jiù gǎn kuài qù mǎi ba

你少说几句好不好 要买就赶快去买吧

“Can you say less? If you are buying something, then go quickly.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 24:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhào gù nǐ men yào qiáng bǎi bèi xíng le mā

“than your mother ever did. That is enough, Mom.”

nǐ shǎo shuō jǐ jù hǎo bù hǎo yào mǎi jiù gǎn kuài qù mǎi ba CURRENT FOCUS

你 少说几句 好不好 要 买 就赶快 去买吧

“Can you say less? If you are buying something, then go quickly.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xíng xíng xíng

行行行

“All right.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REDIRECTING ATTENTION
Tone: URGING
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop lecturing everyone and just go do what you came here to do.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Channeling Conflict into Action

In Chinese domestic conflicts, a common tactic to break endless verbal venting is to redirect the complainer towards an immediate, productive physical task.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #urging #silencing #action_oriented
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
少说几句 SPOKEN CHUNK

say less / bite your tongue

Frequently used among close family members or friends to stop someone from nagging.

赶快去 SPOKEN CHUNK

hurry up and go

Used to urge prompt physical action to resolve a lingering issue.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the imperative into an exasperated suggestion or prompt to leave.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (24:55) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus