《Go Ahead》 S1·E6 (19:52)
HSK 2
huà shì zhè me shuō de
话是这么说的
“It's easy to say that.”
《Go Ahead》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 19:52
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shì tā bèi wǒ men zhuā dào xiǎo biàn zi le gāi dān xīn de rén shì tā
是她被我们 抓到小辫子了 该担心的人是她
“We got the goods on her. She should worry.”
huà shì zhè me shuō de
CURRENT FOCUS
话是这么说 的
“It's easy to say that.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
méi shì wǒ zhào zhe nǐ a
没事我罩着你啊
“It's nothing. I'll protect you.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
PARTIAL CONCESSION
Tone:
CAUTIOUS AND AMBIVALENT
Emotion:
HESITATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“That makes sense in theory, but I'm still worried things could backfire.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Counter-argumentation
Chinese conversational etiquette often avoids direct disagreement ('No, you're wrong'); speakers first validate the listener's premise ('话是这么说') before softly voicing concern.
INTENT TAGS:
#concession
#hesitation
#hedging
#caution
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
话是这么说
SPOKEN CHUNK
that's true in principle / that is one way to put it
An essential conversational hinge used to concede someone's point before introducing doubt, hesitation, or a counterpoint.
Modal Particle「的」 (de)
CHANGE OF STATE
Emphasizes the established nature of the statement, marking it as a known premise.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《Go Ahead》 S1·E6 (19:52) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus