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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E16 (00:12) HSK 1
zhèng shì rú jiāo sì qī de shí hòu

正是如胶似漆的时候

“You're all lovey-dovey now.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 00:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǔ zi shǔ xià zhī cuò le shǔ xià wàng le nín gāng hé jiǔ niáng zǐ què dìng xīn yì

主子 属下知错了 属下忘了您刚和九娘子确定心意

“Master, sorry. I forgot you and Miss Qin just made things official.”

zhèng shì rú jiāo sì qī de shí hòu CURRENT FOCUS

正是 如胶似漆 的时候

“You're all lovey-dovey now.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shǔ xià bǎo zhèng

属下保证

“I swear,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SELF DEPRECATION AND APOLOGY
Tone: APOLOGETIC
Emotion: REMORSE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know you two are madly in love right now and I was an idiot for ruining the mood.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Glue and Lacquer Metaphor in Chinese Romance

Ancient Chinese craftsmen used animal glue and tree lacquer as the strongest adhesives. Comparing lovers to glue and lacquer emphasizes an unbreakable, fused bond.

INTENT TAGS: #apologizing #flattery #acknowledging_mistake #deference
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
如胶似漆 SPOKEN CHUNK

inseparable; deeply attached to each other (idiom, literally like glue and lacquer)

Used exclusively to describe romantic couples who are passionately in love and cannot bear to be apart, especially in the honeymoon phase.

正是...的时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is precisely the time when...

A versatile framing structure used to emphasize that someone is right in the middle of a specific phase or situation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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