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《Generation to Generation》 S1·E4 (20:13) HSK 6
dàn zhōu zhuāng zhǔ què lìng qǔ tā rén

但周庄主却另娶她人

“but he married someone else.”

《Generation to Generation》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 20:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhōu zhuāng zhǔ yǔ nǐ gū gū dìng guò qīn

周庄主与你姑姑订过亲

“Lord Zhou and your aunt were once engaged,”

dàn zhōu zhuāng zhǔ què lìng qǔ tā rén CURRENT FOCUS

但 周庄主却 另娶她人

“but he married someone else.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nán dào nǐ men liǎng jiā bú huì yǒu jiè dì ma

“Won't your families have resentment?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: POINTING OUT CONTRADICTION
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He betrayed your family's marriage pact, so there is no way you are actually on good terms.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Sanctity of Betrothal (Dingqin)

In traditional China, a formal engagement was a binding contract between two families; breaking it by marrying someone else was a severe insult to the other family's honor.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #questioning #pointing_out_conflict #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
但...却... SPOKEN CHUNK

but... yet... / however...

A core grammatical pairing used in both spoken and written Chinese to strongly emphasize a contrast or unexpected turn of events.

另娶她人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to marry another woman instead

A formal phrase used when a man marries someone other than his original fiancée or romantic partner.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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