MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Knockout》 S1·E31 (00:54) HSK 6
bǐ dāng shí jiè de běn jīn shí bèi dōu bù zhǐ le ba

比当时借的本金 十倍都不止了吧

“is ten times more than the principal I borrowed back then.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 00:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè wǔ nián wǒ hái nǐ men de qián

这五年 我还你们的钱

“For the past five years, the money I've paid you back”

bǐ dāng shí jiè de běn jīn shí bèi dōu bù zhǐ le ba CURRENT FOCUS

比当时借的 本金 十倍都不止 了吧

“is ten times more than the principal I borrowed back then.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chà bu duō le ba

差不多了吧

“Isn't it enough?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PROTESTING INJUSTICE
Tone: ACCUSING
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I have paid you back way more than enough, stop extorting me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Predatory Lending (高利贷)

In Chinese society, informal high-interest lending often leads to perpetual debt spirals where accrued interest eclipses the principal manifold.

INTENT TAGS: #protest #accusation #challenging #grievance
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
都不止 SPOKEN CHUNK

more than; exceeding

Used after a quantity or benchmark to emphasize that the real amount is significantly greater.

借的本金 SPOKEN CHUNK

borrowed principal

A common financial term used when distinguishing the original borrowed amount from interest.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a completed change of state regarding the accumulated amount.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical accusation while soliciting agreement from the listener.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Knockout》 S1·E31 (00:54) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus