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《The Dark Romance》 S1·E1 (26:27) HSK 4
zhè cān tīng shì bú shì hěn guì a zhè shì xià yì péng yǒu de cān tīng

这餐厅是不是很贵啊 这是夏燚朋友的餐厅

“Isn't this restaurant expensive? This is Xia Yi's friend's restaurant.”

《The Dark Romance》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 26:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN líng líng

聆聆

“Ling.”

zhè cān tīng shì bú shì hěn guì a zhè shì xià yì péng yǒu de cān tīng CURRENT FOCUS

这餐厅 是不是很贵 啊 这 是 夏燚 朋友 的餐厅

“Isn't this restaurant expensive? This is Xia Yi's friend's restaurant.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ kàn zhuāng xiū nà me hǎo

我看装修那么好

“The decor looks so nice.”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This place looks way too fancy and pricey, but maybe we got a discount through your friend?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi Dining (Dining through Connections)

Patronizing restaurants owned by acquaintances ('pengyou de canting') is a common way to maintain social networks and often implies expecting better treatment or special discounts.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #price_concern #seeking_reassurance #casual_remark
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是不是很贵 SPOKEN CHUNK

is it very expensive or not

A natural spoken question pattern used to seek confirmation about prices.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative sentence, making the question sound more conversational and wondering.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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