《Light to the Night》 S1·E26 (27:27)
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qí shí hái wèi le cuō hé wǒ men de fù mǔ
其实还为了撮合我们的父母
“It was also actually to set our parents up.”
《Light to the Night》
S1·E26
TIMECODE: 27:27
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bù jǐn shì wǒ men liǎng gè néng jiàn miàn
“It wasn't just so the two of us could meet.”
qí shí hái wèi le cuō hé wǒ men de fù mǔ
CURRENT FOCUS
其实还为了 撮合 我们的父母
“It was also actually to set our parents up.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
rú guǒ chéng le
如果成了
“If it worked out,”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
EXPLAINING MOTIVATION
Tone:
EARNEST
Emotion:
HOPEFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Re-partnering Single Parents
Adult children in China sometimes actively play matchmaker (撮合) for their widowed or divorced single parents to ensure they have companionship in old age.
INTENT TAGS:
#explaining
#matchmaking
#revealing_motive
#planning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
撮合
SPOKEN CHUNK
to bring together; to play matchmaker
A very common verb used when actively trying to pair two people up in marriage or dating.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Light to the Night》 S1·E26 (27:27) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus