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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E4 (25:27) HSK 5
gēn běn jiù méi yǒu gěi tā hǎo liǎn sè

根本就没有给她好脸色

“he didn't give her a good attitude at all.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 25:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài jiā shàng hē le diǎn jiǔ qíng xù bú shì hěn hǎo suǒ yǐ jiàn dào mèng líng

再加上喝了点酒情绪不是很好 所以见到孟灵

“and he was in a bad mood after drinking some alcohol. So when he saw Meng Ling,”

gēn běn jiù méi yǒu gěi tā hǎo liǎn sè CURRENT FOCUS

根本就没有 给她好脸色

“he didn't give her a good attitude at all.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuō zhòng diǎn

说重点

“Get to the point.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ADMITTING BAD ATTITUDE
Tone: BLUNT
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Lianse (Facial Expression as Social Signal)

In Chinese social interaction, facial expressions ('lianse') are active social tools; showing a 'bad face' explicitly signals displeasure or a breakdown in relational harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #confession #explaining #justifying #admitting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
给……好脸色 SPOKEN CHUNK

to show a pleasant face to someone / to treat someone warmly

Commonly negated as '不给好脸色' to express overt coldness or displeasure toward someone.

根本就 SPOKEN CHUNK

simply / at all / fundamentally

Used before negatives to emphatically stress that something never happened or is utterly untrue.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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