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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E12 (13:29) HSK 4
shì bú shì suī rán méi yǒu hūn yàn dàn wèi le gǎn xiè dà jiā

是不是 虽然没有婚宴 但为了感谢大家

“Am I right? - Even if there's no banquet, - Am I right? to thank everyone”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 13:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ jiù ràng wǒ men chī zhè ge a nǐ hǎo dǎi nǐ yě yǒu diǎn xǐ táng ya

你就让我们吃这个啊 你好歹你也有点喜糖呀

“We're eating this on a big day like this one? At least give us some wedding candy.”

shì bú shì suī rán méi yǒu hūn yàn dàn wèi le gǎn xiè dà jiā CURRENT FOCUS

是不是 虽然没有婚宴 但 为了 感谢 大家

“Am I right? - Even if there's no banquet, - Am I right? to thank everyone”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jīn tiān lái cān jiā wǒ men de hūn lǐ měi zhuō yī tiáo hóng shāo yú

“for coming today, each table gets one braised fish.”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: REASSURING AND ANNOUNCING
Tone: PLACATING
Emotion: GRATITUDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't grumble, we didn't forget you—we're still giving you something nice despite our tight budget.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hospitality and Fish Symbolism

Even in humble Chinese weddings, serving a whole fish (红烧鱼) symbolizes abundance ('yu' sounds like surplus) and maintains essential face (mianzi) for the hosts.

INTENT TAGS: #hospitality #appeasement #gratitude #face_saving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
为了感谢大家 SPOKEN CHUNK

in order to express gratitude to everyone

A standard courteous transition used before presenting a treat, gift, or announcement to a group.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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