《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E14 (15:01)
HSK 6
wǒ yě méi shuō quán mài ma
我也没说全卖嘛
“I didn't say we'd sell them all.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E14
TIMECODE: 15:01
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
míng nián de cài niú cài yáng ná shén me qù jiāo a
“The cattle and sheep for next year, how will we deliver them?”
wǒ yě méi shuō quán mài ma
CURRENT FOCUS
我也没说全卖 嘛
“I didn't say we'd sell them all.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
mài yí bàn
卖一半
“Just half.”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
CLARIFYING AND MITIGATING
Tone:
PLACATING
Emotion:
DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't overreact, I was only thinking of selling some of them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Softening in Domestic Disputes
Using self-defensive softeners avoids direct confrontation in Chinese households when financial stress arises.
INTENT TAGS:
#clarification
#mitigation
#defensiveness
#de-escalation
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
我也没说
SPOKEN CHUNK
I didn't say that... either
A useful spoken chunk used to backtrack or defend oneself when accused of an extreme stance.
Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks an obvious point or softens a defensive explanation to sound reasonable rather than confrontational.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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