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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23 (28:58) HSK 6
zhè tóu fà yě zài xiāng gǎng tàng de

这头发也在香港烫的

“Got your hair permed there too?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 28:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè xiē dōu shì wǒ zài xiāng gǎng mǎi de zhēn qù xiāng gǎng le nà hái yǒu jiǎ ya

这些都是我在香港买的 真去香港了 那还有假呀

“I got these in Hong Kong. - You went to Hong Kong? - Of course, I did.”

zhè tóu fà yě zài xiāng gǎng tàng de CURRENT FOCUS

这头发也 在香港烫的

“Got your hair permed there too?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ kàn kàn zhè fà xíng zuò de zěn me yàng

“What do you think about it?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: SEEKING VALIDATION
Tone: BOASTFUL
Emotion: PRIDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Notice how stylish and cosmopolitan I look; compliment me on it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hong Kong Trendsetters (Gang Feng)

In mainland China during earlier decades, Hong Kong fashion and hairstyles were seen as the pinnacle of modern sophistication and wealth.

INTENT TAGS: #showing_off #compliment_seeking #vanity #cosmopolitanism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
烫头发 SPOKEN CHUNK

to perm hair; to get a perm

A very standard everyday collocation for getting hair curled or permed at a salon.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Used in the 'shi... de' emphatic construction to stress the location of the action (Hong Kong).

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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