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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E8 (14:38) HSK 5
nǐ jiù kàn yī yǎn kàn bàn yǎn dōu xíng hěn kuài

你就看一眼 看半眼都行 很快

“Just one look. Just a glimpse is fine. It's done”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 14:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhēn bù kàn ya

你真不看呀

“Won't you read it?”

nǐ jiù kàn yī yǎn kàn bàn yǎn dōu xíng hěn kuài CURRENT FOCUS

你就 看一眼 看半眼 都行 很快

“Just one look. Just a glimpse is fine. It's done”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù kàn wán le

就看完了

“in no time.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: PLEADING AND PERSUADING
Tone: COAXING
Emotion: EAGERNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It takes zero effort, just indulge me for one second!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Minimizing Request Burden (Ruan Hua Yu Qi)

Chinese speakers often downplay the scope of a request using measure words like '一眼' or joking variants like '半眼' to soften interpersonal pressure.

INTENT TAGS: #coaxing #minimization #persuasion #requesting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
看一眼 SPOKEN CHUNK

take a glance; look for a second

A common reduplicated verbal construction used to make requests sound minimal and painless.

看半眼 SPOKEN CHUNK

take half a glance (humorous/exaggerated)

A playful hyperbole created by downsizing '一眼' to make the request sound even more trivial.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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