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《The Heir》 S1·E21 (28:39) HSK 1
zhè xiē dōu shì xiē wú yòng de dōng xī

这些都是些无用的东西

“These are all useless things.”

《The Heir》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 28:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuò ba hǎo

坐吧 好

“Have a seat. Okay.”

zhè xiē dōu shì xiē wú yòng de dōng xī CURRENT FOCUS

这些都是些 无用的东西

“These are all useless things.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xīn kǔ nǐ men le

辛苦你们了

“Thank you for your hard work.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DISMISSING
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Acknowledgement of Labor

Following an evaluation of a task, speakers commonly follow up with '辛苦你们了' to ensure helpers feel respected regardless of the outcome.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #evaluation #categorization
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
无用的东西 SPOKEN CHUNK

useless things / junk

Used to describe items that have no practical function or value.

都是些 SPOKEN CHUNK

all just / nothing but

A casual pattern used to generalize a group of objects dismissively.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
不中用的东西啊
《你好1983》
90% Match
不中用的东西啊
bù zhōng yòng de dōng xī a

“useless thing.”

没用的东西 我能不急吗
《家业》
88% Match
没用的东西 我能不急吗
méi yòng de dōng xī wǒ néng bù jí ma

“You useless thing. How can I not be anxious?”

现在别说这些没用的了
《生命树》
88% Match
现在别说这些没用的了
xiàn zài bié shuō zhè xiē méi yòng de le

“Let's not talk about useless things now.”

没用的东西
《家业》
88% Match
没用的东西
méi yòng de dōng xī

“Good-for-nothing.”

买这没用的东西做什么
《逐玉》
88% Match
买这没用的东西做什么
mǎi zhè méi yòng de dōng xī zuò shén me

“but why did he buy this useless stuff?”

买这些没用的东西
《逐玉》
88% Match
买这些没用的东西
mǎi zhè xiē méi yòng de dōng xī

“Buying these useless things,”

没用的东西
《家业》
88% Match
没用的东西
méi yòng de dōng xī

“Useless.”

就买这些没用的 我家里的东西
《爱情没有神话》
88% Match
就买这些没用的 我家里的东西
jiù mǎi zhè xiē méi yòng de wǒ jiā lǐ de dōng xī

“(Buying all this useless stuff!) (Everything in my house...)”

你不用说这些没用的
《狂飙》
88% Match
你不用说这些没用的
nǐ bú yòng shuō zhè xiē méi yòng de

“Stop talking nonsense.”

比起这些没用的
《白日提灯​》
88% Match
比起这些没用的
bǐ qǐ zhè xiē méi yòng de

“these are less useful”

这种没用的东西扔了就扔了吧
《突然的喜欢》
88% Match
这种没用的东西扔了就扔了吧
zhè zhǒng méi yòng de dōng xī rēng le jiù rēng le ba

“Useless things should be thrown away.”

我认为这都是无用功
《开庭》
85% Match
我认为这都是无用功
wǒ rèn wéi zhè dōu shì wú yòng gōng

“I think it would be a waste of time.”

《The Heir》 S1·E21 (28:39) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus