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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E13 (21:38) HSK 6
nà nǐ hái suàn shì zuò le yī jiàn hǎo shì ne

那你还算是做了一件好事呢

“then you've done at least one good thing,”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 21:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yīn wèi zhè yàng ér nǔ lì gōng zuò

因为这样而努力工作

“to work hard because of this,”

nà nǐ hái suàn shì zuò le yī jiàn hǎo shì ne CURRENT FOCUS

那你 还 算是 做了 一件 好事 呢

“then you've done at least one good thing,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN néng gòu dǐ xiāo diào

能够抵消掉

“enough to offset”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: RELUCTANT PRAISE
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Well, at least you finally managed to do something right for once.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Karmic Offset (抵消)

Chinese speakers often humorously or sincerely talk about balancing out faults or bad luck by doing small good deeds.

INTENT TAGS: #conceding #teasing #acknowledgment #evaluating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还算是 SPOKEN CHUNK

can still be considered as; passes for

Used to express a qualified or somewhat reluctant concession.

做了一件好事 SPOKEN CHUNK

did a good deed

Standard phrase for performing a positive or helpful act.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds a light, slightly teasing confirmation to the statement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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