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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (30:59) HSK 3
nǐ dì gāng cái shuō de dōu shì qì huà

你弟刚才说的都是气话

“Your brother was just saying that out of anger.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 30:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men shì yī jiā rén

我们是一家人

“We're kin.”

nǐ dì gāng cái shuō de dōu shì qì huà CURRENT FOCUS

你弟刚才 说的 都是 气话

“Your brother was just saying that out of anger.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zhī dào nǐ mā wǒ zhī dào

“I know you... Mom, I know.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: MEDIATING CONFLICT
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't take what he said to heart; let it go for the sake of the family.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Harmony (Jiating Hexie)

In Chinese family dynamics, parents often downplay harsh words between siblings as mere temper tantrums to preserve overall household solidarity.

INTENT TAGS: #mediation #de-escalation #comforting #appeasement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
气话 SPOKEN CHUNK

words spoken in anger / rash words

Commonly invoked in interpersonal reconciliations to urge someone not to take hurtful words seriously.

说的都是 SPOKEN CHUNK

all that was said is...

Emphatic construction used to classify an entire statement under a single category.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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