《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E12 (38:28)
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dào yě bú shì bù xíng
倒也不是不行
“It's not impossible.”
《Love Story in the 1970s》
S1·E12
TIMECODE: 38:28
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
gàn huó tà shí nín kàn tā xíng ma
“and hardworking. Do you think he would qualify?”
dào yě bú shì bù xíng
CURRENT FOCUS
倒也不是不行
“It's not impossible.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
kě shì fèi ní a zhī qián ne yě yǒu qīng gōng yè jú de rén
可是费霓啊 之前呢 也有轻工业局的人
“But Fei Ni, someone from the Light Industry Bureau”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
HEDGING
Tone:
EVASIVE
Emotion:
HESITATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It might be technically possible, but there are complications that make it unlikely.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Prefacing Refusal (Yu Qie Xian Tong)
In Chinese bureaucratic and interpersonal communication, authorities rarely give an outright 'no'; instead, they use double negatives to appear reasonable before pivoting with '可是' (but) to decline or delay.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#concession
#evasion
#qualification
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
倒也不是不行
SPOKEN CHUNK
it is not impossible / it could work in theory
A double negative used to concede a point reluctantly or preface a major condition or obstacle.
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1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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