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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E9 (22:28) HSK 7
xiǎo de shí hòu wǒ měi cì yù jiàn nǐ jiù huì dǎo méi

小的时候我每次遇见你就会倒霉

“When we were kids, I had bad luck whenever I ran into you.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 22:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ jué de jiù xiàng zài zuò mèng yī yàng

“It feels like I'm dreaming.”

xiǎo de shí hòu wǒ měi cì yù jiàn nǐ jiù huì dǎo méi CURRENT FOCUS

小的时候 我 每次 遇见 你就会 倒霉

“When we were kids, I had bad luck whenever I ran into you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì xiàn zài fǎn ér shì nǐ

但是现在反而是你

“But now it's you”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: REMINISCING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: NOSTALGIA
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You used to be my jinx, but look how close and special we have become now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Yuanfen and Huanxi Yuanjia

Chinese romance narratives frequently invoke the trope of 'delightful adversaries' (huanxi yuanjia), where childhood rivalry or bad luck is romantically reinterpreted as karmic destiny (yuanfen).

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #reminiscing #flirting #bonding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
小的时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when I was small / in childhood

Universal conversational time anchor for sharing childhood anecdotes.

每次……就会…… SPOKEN CHUNK

every time... then...

Correlative pattern expressing habitual actions or recurring outcomes.

倒霉 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have bad luck / out of luck

Very frequent spoken expression for misfortune or annoying setbacks.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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