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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E23 (19:03) HSK 3
děng yí gè gěi lǎo xǔ jìng jiǔ de nǚ rén nà hái bù róng yì

等一个给老许敬酒的女人 那还不容易

“Finding a woman to toast Xu wasn't hard.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 19:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi yǒu céng zi xuán yě yǒu lǐ zi xuán

“But in a place like that, it was either Zeng Zixuan or Li Zixuan.”

děng yí gè gěi lǎo xǔ jìng jiǔ de nǚ rén nà hái bù róng yì CURRENT FOCUS

等一个给老许 敬酒 的女人 那还不容易

“Finding a woman to toast Xu wasn't hard.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zěn me nà me huài a

你怎么那么坏啊

“How could you be so awful?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: DISMISSIVE CLAIM
Tone: SCHEMING
Emotion: CYNICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't worry, finding someone to set him up is the easiest thing in the world.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Drinking Culture and Hidden Agendas

Toasting (敬酒) in Chinese banquets often carries implicit social maneuvering, flattery, or romantic setup rather than just simple drinking.

INTENT TAGS: #scheming #downplaying #cynicism #teasing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
那还不容易 SPOKEN CHUNK

that's piece of cake / that's not hard at all

A standard colloquial rhetorical chunk used to emphasize that a requested task or condition is trivial to achieve.

给...敬酒 SPOKEN CHUNK

to propose a toast to someone

A core cultural collocation describing the act of formally or socially toasting someone at a gathering.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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