《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (04:31)
HSK 7
bù guò qiū píng zhèng shū jì zhè dùn fàn wǒ qǐng kè a
不过秋萍 郑书记 这顿饭我请客啊
“But Qiuping and Mr. Zheng, this meal is on me.”
《The Dream Maker》
S1·E23
TIMECODE: 04:31
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ yīng gāi bú huì jiē shòu nǐ men de yāo qǐng
“I probably won't accept your invitation.”
bù guò qiū píng zhèng shū jì zhè dùn fàn wǒ qǐng kè a
CURRENT FOCUS
不过 秋萍 郑书记 这顿饭 我请客 啊
“But Qiuping and Mr. Zheng, this meal is on me.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
xiè xiè nǐ men duì wǒ de tái ài
谢谢你们对我的抬爱
“Thank you for your high regard.”
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Scene:
Dining & Food
Function:
OFFERING TO TREAT
Tone:
DIPLOMATIC
Emotion:
GRATITUDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I cannot take your job offer, but let me pay for dinner so no one feels slighted.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Treating as Face-Saving Compensation (请客赔礼/以茶代礼)
When declining an important request from social superiors or colleagues, paying for the meal serves as an essential face-saving buffer to maintain long-term relationships (Guanxi).
INTENT TAGS:
#face_saving
#compensating
#politeness
#treating_meal
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
这顿饭我请客
SPOKEN CHUNK
this meal is on me / I'm paying for this meal
The universal spoken line for claiming the bill during social or business dining in China.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the assertion, giving the offer a warm and friendly cadence rather than a forceful one.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (04:31) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus