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《The Guilty》 S1·E2 (40:39) HSK 3
shì yǒu diǎn xiàng dàn bú shì

是有点像但不是

“It kinda looks like him, but it's not.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 40:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǒu xiē yǎn shú

有些眼熟

“a bit familiar?”

shì yǒu diǎn xiàng dàn bú shì CURRENT FOCUS

是 有点像但不是

“It kinda looks like him, but it's not.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ men jiàn guò miàn le

你们见过面了

“You've met already?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DENYING STATEMENT
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Concession Before Refutation

Acknowledging a partial truth ('是有点像') before issuing a flat denial ('但不是') softens the bluntness of disagreeing with someone's observation.

INTENT TAGS: #denial #clarification #observation #concession
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
有点像 SPOKEN CHUNK

a bit similar / looks a bit like

Standard conversational phrase used to describe partial resemblance in appearance or behavior.

但不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

but it isn't

A concise, decisive phrase used to refute an assumption right after conceding a similarity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《The Guilty》 S1·E2 (40:39) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus