《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E12 (23:49)
HSK 5
zhè gōng píng ma nà ge
这公平吗 那个
“Is that fair? Well,”
《Love Story in the 1970s》
S1·E12
TIMECODE: 23:49
·
1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ duì xiàng míng míng nà me yǒu běn shì piān piān fēn bú dào hǎo gōng zuò
我对象 明明那么有本事 偏偏分不到好工作
“My boyfriend is very capable, but he can't get a good job.”
zhè gōng píng ma nà ge
CURRENT FOCUS
这公平吗 那个
“Is that fair? Well,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
ā yí
阿姨
“Mrs. Lin,”
Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode
Browse Show Clips →
Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
PLEADING UNFAIRNESS
Tone:
AGGRIEVED
Emotion:
GRIEVANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You know how unjust this is, so please help us do something about it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: State Job Allocation (Fenpei)
In socialist planned-economy China, graduates and demobilized youths relied on government assignment for jobs; lacking personal connections (guanxi) often led to poor postings despite talent.
INTENT TAGS:
#fairness
#grievance
#appeal
#solicitation
🧩
2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
这公平吗
SPOKEN CHUNK
is this fair?
A rhetorical question used to appeal directly to universal ethics and garner sympathy.
偏偏
SPOKEN CHUNK
perversely; contrary to expectations
Indicates that an unfortunate outcome occurred against all logic or fairness.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the statement into an indignant rhetorical question underscoring moral asymmetry.
🏮
2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E12 (23:49) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus