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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E23 (02:21) HSK 6
wǒ zhī qián bú shì dào chù lā tóu zī ma rán hòu jiù zhǎo dào nà ge

我之前不是到处拉投资嘛 然后就找到那个

“Back when I was looking for investors, I met”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 02:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dà zhòng liǎn bù bù bú shì

“He's got a common face. No, that's not it.”

wǒ zhī qián bú shì dào chù lā tóu zī ma rán hòu jiù zhǎo dào nà ge CURRENT FOCUS

我 之前不是 到处 拉投资 嘛 然后就找到 那个

“Back when I was looking for investors, I met”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qiān shèng jí tuán de nà ge dǒng shì zhǎng rán hòu

仟圣集团的那个董事长 然后

“the chairman of Qiansheng Group. And”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: NARRATING PAST EVENT
Tone: CONVERSATIONAL
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Common Ground

Using '不是...嘛' is a standard way in Chinese to invoke shared knowledge before delivering new information.

INTENT TAGS: #narrating #establishing_context #explaining #reminiscing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
拉投资 SPOKEN CHUNK

to seek investment; to raise capital

A very common colloquial term in Chinese startup and business circles for pitching investors.

到处 SPOKEN CHUNK

everywhere; all around

Used before a verb to emphasize the widespread or persistent effort made in many places.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Reminds the listener of common knowledge or shared background context.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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