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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E5 (07:52) HSK 2
zhè xiē dōu shì wǒ de lǎo běn háng a

这些都是我的老本行啊

“This is my old trade.”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 07:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài gàn má

在干嘛

“What are you doing?”

zhè xiē dōu shì wǒ de lǎo běn háng a CURRENT FOCUS

这些都是我的老本行啊

“This is my old trade.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎng shuō zhè dōu zuò bù hǎo

“I thought if I can't even do this well,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ASSERTING COMPETENCE
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't question my ability; I have been doing this forever.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Professional Pride and Self-Assurance

Stating that something is one's 'laobenhang' invokes accumulated credibility to instantly settle doubts about competence.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #self_affirmation #competence #confidence
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
老本行 SPOKEN CHUNK

one's original profession or old trade

Used to describe an area of expertise or profession where one has deep past experience.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while adding an obvious, matter-of-fact tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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