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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E7 (33:54) HSK 6
jiù suàn nǐ xiǎng shàng dà xué bù yě dé wǒ mā tóng yì cái xíng ma

就算你想上大学 不也得我妈同意才行吗

“(Even if you wish to enroll in college,) you still need my mother's permission.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 33:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ gē de gōng zuò wǒ yě bù bāng le

“(I'll stop helping your brother to get a job.)”

jiù suàn nǐ xiǎng shàng dà xué bù yě dé wǒ mā tóng yì cái xíng ma CURRENT FOCUS

就算 你 想上大学 不也 得我妈同意才行 吗

“(Even if you wish to enroll in college,) you still need my mother's permission.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dà xué shēng yǒu wén huà yǒu sù zhì rén gēn rén néng yī yàng ma

大学生有文化 有素质 人跟人能一样吗

“(Undergraduates are cultured and well-educated.) (The two of them are different.)”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: SUPPRESSING AMBITION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONDESCENSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop dreaming; you cannot do anything without my mother's permission.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Authority and Gatekeeping

In traditional family dynamics, elder in-laws often hold decisive gatekeeping power over major life choices such as higher education or careers.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #leveraging_authority #reality_checking #controlling
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就算 SPOKEN CHUNK

even if; granted that

Used to introduce a concession before pointing out an overriding obstacle or reality.

不也得 SPOKEN CHUNK

wouldn't one still have to; still requires

A rhetorical framing that emphasizes an unavoidable condition or authority.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question to highlight an undeniable constraint.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E7 (33:54) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus