《Mama Go!》 S1·E18 (12:52)
HSK 6
zhī qián tā shuō shǒu kǒu rú píng ma
之前他说守口如瓶嘛
“He said to keep my mouth shut before.”
《Mama Go!》
S1·E18
TIMECODE: 12:52
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bú shì
不是
“No...”
zhī qián tā shuō shǒu kǒu rú píng ma
CURRENT FOCUS
之前 他说 守口如瓶 嘛
“He said to keep my mouth shut before.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ hái shòu guò chéng fá
我还受过惩罚
“I was even punished.”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
JUSTIFYING ACTIONS
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me for keeping quiet—he was the one who insisted on complete secrecy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Prior Directives
Subordinates or peers often invoke explicit previous instructions from authority figures as a protective shield against current blame.
INTENT TAGS:
#self_defense
#reminder
#shifting_responsibility
#justification
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
守口如瓶
SPOKEN CHUNK
tight-lipped; to keep a secret as securely as a sealed bottle
A common four-character idiom (chengyu) used in both spoken and written Chinese to describe someone who maintains absolute secrecy.
Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Invokes common knowledge or an obvious prior fact to support the speaker's argument.
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1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Mama Go!》 S1·E18 (12:52) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus