《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (28:46)
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néng bù néng xiān zàn shí dì tíng yī tíng
能不能先暂时地 停一停
“can you just pause for a bit?”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E36
TIMECODE: 28:46
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
néng bù néng xiān zàn shí dì tíng yī tíng
CURRENT FOCUS
能不能 先暂时地 停一停
“can you just pause for a bit?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ zhēn méi xiǎng dào
我真没想到
“I never thought...”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
PLEADING INTERVENTION
Tone:
PLEADING
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are putting our entire family in jeopardy; please stop before you destroy us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Over Justice/Ambition
In Chinese culture, collective family stability often outweighs individual pursuits of justice or personal crusades, making appeals 'for the family' emotionally weighty.
INTENT TAGS:
#pleading
#intervention
#de-escalation
#family_protection
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3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
能不能
SPOKEN CHUNK
can you / could you
A common spoken question pattern used to frame a polite or earnest request.
暂时
SPOKEN CHUNK
temporarily / for the time being
Useful when softening a request by framing an interruption as short-term rather than permanent.
停一停
SPOKEN CHUNK
pause for a moment / take a break
Verb reduplication that softens the demand, making it sound less confrontational.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (28:46) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus