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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E13 (40:27) HSK 5
bù zhèng shì kào fèi tíng zhè yàng de láo dòng zhě ma

不正是靠费霆这样的劳动者吗

“because of workers like Fei Ting.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 40:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuā nǎi píng zěn me le rén mín qún zhòng néng hē dào gān jìng de niú nǎi

“What's wrong with his job? People get clean milk to drink”

bù zhèng shì kào fèi tíng zhè yàng de láo dòng zhě ma CURRENT FOCUS

不 正是 靠费霆 这样 的劳动者吗

“because of workers like Fei Ting.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shuō dé zài hǎo tīng yǒu shén me yòng a nà néng gēn wáng téng dá bǐ ma

“Pretty words don't change anything. Can he compare to Wang Tengda?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: ARGUING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop looking down on him just because he does menial labor; his work is honorable!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Labor Heroism vs. Pragmatic Social Status

Reflects the ideological tension between the socialist glorification of manual laborers and the pragmatic reality where families favor suitors with higher bureaucratic status or material wealth.

INTENT TAGS: #defense #moral_justification #advocacy #ideological_appeal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不正 SPOKEN CHUNK

is it not precisely / isn't it exactly

Used in rhetorical questions to strongly assert that something is indeed true.

靠 SPOKEN CHUNK

to rely on / to depend on

A core everyday verb indicating reliance on a person, skill, or resource.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Closes the rhetorical question to demand agreement with the speaker's ideological defense.

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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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