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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E13 (02:29) HSK 3
tā jiù dé sì wǔ bǎi zhè me guì nǐ yǐ wéi

它就得四五百 这么贵 你以为

“would cost four or five hundred. That much? Of course!”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 02:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ jiù bù shuō diàn shì jī le jiù guāng nà yī zhāng piào

“Forget the TV itself. Just that one coupon”

tā jiù dé sì wǔ bǎi zhè me guì nǐ yǐ wéi CURRENT FOCUS

它 就得 四五百 这么贵 你以为

“would cost four or five hundred. That much? Of course!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù chī bù hē

不吃不喝

“If you didn't spend a cent,”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EMPHASIZING COST
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: EXASPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no idea how brutal the real cost is, stop being so naive!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Planned Economy Ration Tickets (Piao)

During China's planned economy era, purchasing durable electronics required specialized commodity tickets in addition to cash, making the tickets themselves extremely valuable commodities on the informal market.

INTENT TAGS: #reality_check #exasperation #scolding #highlighting_cost
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就得 SPOKEN CHUNK

costs at least / alone will take

Used colloquially to emphasize that an inevitable expense or duration is quite high.

你以为 SPOKEN CHUNK

what did you think? / you think it's easy?

A blunt rhetorical retort used to puncture someone's unrealistic optimism or ignorance.

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3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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