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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E2 (20:52) HSK 6
tā xiān tiān xìng zhì lì bù tài xíng nǎo zi bù hǎo shǐ

她先天性智力不太行 脑子不好使

“She has congenital intellectual issues, her mind isn't very sharp.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 20:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me bìng

什么病

“What illness?”

tā xiān tiān xìng zhì lì bù tài xíng nǎo zi bù hǎo shǐ CURRENT FOCUS

她先天性智力 不太行 脑子不好使

“She has congenital intellectual issues, her mind isn't very sharp.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà kàn yī shēng le ma kàn le cóng xiǎo yì zhí dōu kàn

那看医生了吗 看了 从小一直都看

“Has she seen a doctor? Yes. She's been seeing doctors since she was little.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPLAINING SITUATION
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Colloquial Medical Candor

In casual Chinese conversation, people often describe mental or neurological conditions using blunt colloquialisms like '脑子不好使' alongside semi-formal terms like '先天性'.

INTENT TAGS: #explanation #informing #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
先天性 SPOKEN CHUNK

congenital; innate

Used before medical or developmental terms to indicate conditions present from birth.

脑子不好使 SPOKEN CHUNK

not very smart; brain not working properly

Colloquial and candid description of intellectual deficiency or slow mental processing.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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