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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E36 (42:19) HSK 3
quán shì jiè nǎ jiā diàn yǐng yuàn xiàng zhè yàng

全世界哪家电影院 像这样

“What movie theater in the world is like this?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 42:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN mài líng shí chī huǒ guō xǐ jiǎo hái zuò zú liáo

卖零食 吃火锅 洗脚 还做足疗

“Selling snacks? Eating hot pot? Getting foot bath and massages?”

quán shì jiè nǎ jiā diàn yǐng yuàn xiàng zhè yàng CURRENT FOCUS

全世界 哪家 电影院 像这样

“What movie theater in the world is like this?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè xìng kuī wǒ jīn tiān lái le

这幸亏我今天来了

“Luckily, I came today.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This is utterly ridiculous and unprofessional; no legitimate business operates this way.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Reprimand (反问责备)

In Chinese workplace or supervisory contexts, rhetorical questions starting with '哪家' or '谁' are frequently used to express sharp disapproval rather than genuinely asking for information.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #disbelief #condemnation #rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
全世界哪家 SPOKEN CHUNK

which in the whole world

A rhetorical device used to emphasize that something is completely unprecedented, absurd, or unacceptable.

像这样 SPOKEN CHUNK

like this

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer back to an egregious situation or behavior just described.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
听说看过的人 都哭死在电影院里头了
《主角》
88% Match
听说看过的人 都哭死在电影院里头了
tīng shuō kàn guò de rén dōu kū sǐ zài diàn yǐng yuàn lǐ tou le

“I heard everyone who saw it cried their eyes out in the theater.”

开电影院这个事 风险还是挺大的 亏也就亏了
《小城大事》
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开电影院这个事 风险还是挺大的 亏也就亏了
kāi diàn yǐng yuàn zhè ge shì fēng xiǎn hái shì tǐng dà de kuī yě jiù kuī le

“Master, opening a movie theater is pretty risky. I can swallow the loss.”

你搞电影院你好好搞啊 这什么装修啊
《小城大事》
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你搞电影院你好好搞啊 这什么装修啊
nǐ gǎo diàn yǐng yuàn nǐ hǎo hǎo gǎo a zhè shén me zhuāng xiū a

“Then do it properly. What kind of decor is this?”

你要开电影院 你就给我硬气一点
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你要开电影院 你就给我硬气一点
nǐ yào kāi diàn yǐng yuàn nǐ jiù gěi wǒ yìng qì yì diǎn

“and run a movie theater, so do it with conviction.”

这电影院里怎么还能 卖东西 卖吃的呢
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这电影院里怎么还能 卖东西 卖吃的呢
zhè diàn yǐng yuàn lǐ zěn me hái néng mài dōng xī mài chī de ne

“How could you sell things and snacks in here?”

这一家电影院 就被你们弄得乌烟瘴气
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这一家电影院 就被你们弄得乌烟瘴气
zhè yī jiā diàn yǐng yuàn jiù bèi nǐ men nòng dé wū yān zhàng qì

“You've turned the movie theater into a complete mess.”

这在电影院吃什么饭 这个 这 开什么玩笑
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这在电影院吃什么饭 这个 这 开什么玩笑
zhè zài diàn yǐng yuàn chī shén me fàn zhè ge zhè kāi shén me wán xiào

“Eating in here? Well... Nonsense.”

刚才在电影院 叫人下了黑手了
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刚才在电影院 叫人下了黑手了
gāng cái zài diàn yǐng yuàn jiào rén xià le hēi shǒu le

“At the cinema just now, someone jumped me.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E36 (42:19) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus