《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (35:49)
HSK 3
cái néng yòng dé shàng nǐ shì ba
才能用得上你是吧
“when it's absolutely necessary, huh?”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E36
TIMECODE: 35:49
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
cái néng yòng dé shàng nǐ shì ba
CURRENT FOCUS
才 能用得上 你 是吧
“when it's absolutely necessary, huh?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ shì hǎo diǎn le
你是好点了
“You're feeling better.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
REPROACHING
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are never around when things are fine, and you only show up when forced to.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Out Fair-Weather Ties
In close Chinese relationships, friends often use blunt, teasing sarcasm to express feelings of neglect or dissatisfaction without formally breaking the bond.
INTENT TAGS:
#reproach
#complaint
#sarcasm
#challenging
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
用得上
SPOKEN CHUNK
to come in handy; to be of use
Used to describe whether a person or an object can be useful in a specific situation.
是吧
SPOKEN CHUNK
isn't that right?
A tag question seeking confirmation or used rhetorically to pressure the listener to agree.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the rhetorical question into an ironic check for agreement.
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2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (35:49) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus