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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E13 (04:28) HSK 6
wā de sù dù bǐ zán men liǎng gè jiā qǐ lái dōu kuài kuài diǎn qǐ lái

挖的速度 比咱们两个 加起来都快 快点起来

“yet he's digging faster than both of us put together. Stand up, now.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 04:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rén jiā zhā cuò yī shēng bù kēng

人家扎措一声不吭

“Zhacuo hasn't uttered a peep,”

wā de sù dù bǐ zán men liǎng gè jiā qǐ lái dōu kuài kuài diǎn qǐ lái CURRENT FOCUS

挖的速度 比咱们两个 加起来都快 快点起来

“yet he's digging faster than both of us put together. Stand up, now.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà zhā cuò

那扎措

“Zhacuo”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: URGING ACTION
Tone: URGING
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop resting and look at him working circles around us; get up so we don't look lazy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Peer Comparison as Motivation

Chinese speakers often invoke an industrious peer as an implicit standard of diligence to spur others into action without sounding overly punitive.

INTENT TAGS: #urging #comparison #peer_pressure #prodding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
比咱们两个加起来都快 SPOKEN CHUNK

faster than both of us put together

Use this comparative pattern to emphasize someone's overwhelming productivity or speed compared to a group.

快点起来 SPOKEN CHUNK

hurry up and get up

A direct spoken command used with peers or subordinates to urge them to stop resting.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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