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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (13:50) HSK 5
děng nǐ jié le hūn nà zài yě bù yòng chī xiào dà jiě zuò de fàn le

等你结了婚 那再也不用吃 肖大姐做的饭了

“Once you're married, no more eating Ms. Xiao's food for you.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 13:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shì yǒu kǒu fú le

你是有口福了

“you're in for a treat.”

děng nǐ jié le hūn nà zài yě bù yòng chī xiào dà jiě zuò de fàn le CURRENT FOCUS

等 你 结了婚 那 再也不用吃 肖大姐做的饭 了

“Once you're married, no more eating Ms. Xiao's food for you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎo yàn shī niáng zuò fàn nà me hǎo chī

“Ms. Sun cooks so well.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: FRIENDLY BANTER
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Domestic Teasing around Marriage and Food

In Chinese social interaction, teasing young adults about marriage frequently centers on everyday domestic comforts like having home-cooked meals (koufu) versus communal canteen food.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #banter #marriage_congratulation #complaining_humorously
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
再也不用 SPOKEN CHUNK

no longer have to / never again need to

Emphasizes liberation or relief from an unpleasant recurring duty or experience.

有口福 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be blessed with gourmet luck / good food fortune

Related context phrase frequently used when someone gets to enjoy delicious meals.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Signals a clear change of state occurring after marriage.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (13:50) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus