《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E25 (07:19)
HSK 2
rén dōu kuài dòng jiāng le
人都快冻僵了
“she was almost frozen stiff.”
《Hold A Court Now》
S1·E25
TIMECODE: 07:19
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
dào le zhī hòu
到了之后
“By the time she arrived,”
rén dōu kuài dòng jiāng le
CURRENT FOCUS
人都 快冻僵了
“she was almost frozen stiff.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
jiàn dào wǒ pū dào wǒ huái lǐ jiù kū
“When she saw me, she threw herself into my arms and cried.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
NARRATING INCIDENT
Tone:
EMPATHETIC
Emotion:
DISTRESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
冻僵了
SPOKEN CHUNK
frozen stiff; numb with cold
Colloquially used both literally for extreme cold and hyperbolically to describe freezing weather conditions.
Modal Particle「了」 (le)
CHANGE OF STATE
Functions as a change-of-state marker indicating that the person reached an extreme state of freezing.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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