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《River Sunset》 S1·E29 (15:42) HSK 6
qīng xǐng dé hěn

清醒得很

“He was very sober”

《River Sunset》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 15:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi yǒu

没有

“No”

qīng xǐng dé hěn CURRENT FOCUS

清醒得很

“He was very sober”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zì jǐ kāi zhe mó tuō chē guò qù de

自己开着摩托车过去的

“He rode the motorcycle there himself”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CLARIFYING STATUS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Emphatic Adjectival Complement (得很)

Using '得很' instead of standard adverbs like '很' or '非常' carries a strong spoken punch, typically used to counter a presupposition or remove all lingering ambiguity.

INTENT TAGS: #confirming #clarifying #emphasizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
清醒得很 SPOKEN CHUNK

completely sober; very wide awake

The pattern 'Adjective + 得很' is an emphatic spoken structure meaning 'extremely [adjective]'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《River Sunset》 S1·E29 (15:42) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus