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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E4 (21:40) HSK 7
bèi yí gè méi pǐn wèi de rén gěi tōu zǒu le

被一个没品位的人给偷走了

“[Carl] Burgled by someone with no taste.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 21:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qīn ài de wǒ de xuě qiú shōu cáng chū le shén me shì ?

亲爱的 我的雪球收藏出了什么事?

“So, love, what happened to my snow globe collection?”

bèi yí gè méi pǐn wèi de rén gěi tōu zǒu le CURRENT FOCUS

被 一个 没品位 的人 给 偷走了

“[Carl] Burgled by someone with no taste.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā bǎ tā men dōu rēng jìn le lā jī tǒng

他把它们都扔进了垃圾桶

“He threw them all in the bin.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EXPLAINING MISHAP
Tone: CONTEMPTUOUS
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Judgment of Taste (品位)

Labeling someone as lacking 'pinwei' is a common contemporary put-down reflecting perceived differences in aesthetic refinement or social class.

INTENT TAGS: #informing #complaining #disparaging #explaining
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
没品位 SPOKEN CHUNK

lacking taste or sophistication

Commonly used in informal spoken Chinese to disparage someone's aesthetic sense, manners, or lifestyle.

给偷走了 SPOKEN CHUNK

got stolen away

The particle '给' functions here as a colloquial marker intensifying the passive voice '被'.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of an unfortunate event (the theft).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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