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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E20 (09:27) HSK 4
nà nǐ zhè péng yǒu kě gòu lì hài de

那你这朋友可够厉害的

“Your friend must be pretty capable.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 09:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǎo le yí gè péng yǒu bāng máng

找了一个朋友帮忙

“I asked a friend for help.”

nà nǐ zhè péng yǒu kě gòu lì hài de CURRENT FOCUS

那你这 朋友 可 够厉害的

“Your friend must be pretty capable.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà tā men ne

那他们呢

“Where are they?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: EXPRESSING ADMIRATION
Tone: IMPRESSED
Emotion: ADMIRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have some seriously powerful connections.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Social Capital (Guanxi Competence)

Having friends who can solve tricky problems or pull strings is regarded in Chinese social dynamics as a clear sign of prestige and resourceful social capital.

INTENT TAGS: #compliment #admiration #evaluation #validation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
可够厉害的 SPOKEN CHUNK

quite formidable; seriously impressive

The pattern '可够...的' acts as an intensifier, emphasizing an exceptional degree of a trait.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in '可够...的' to complete the evaluative predicate and soften the assertion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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