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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E16 (27:17) HSK 2
qí pái shì a wǒ men xiǎng guò fèn jiā de

棋牌室啊 我们想过分家的

“We did think about splitting up the business.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 27:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fǎn zhèng zhuàn lái zhuàn qù zhè dōu shì qí pái shì de pái yǒu

“Anyway, after going around, we are all just players from the game room.”

qí pái shì a wǒ men xiǎng guò fèn jiā de CURRENT FOCUS

棋牌室啊 我们 想过 分家 的

“We did think about splitting up the business.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì shēng yì hái bú cuò

但是生意还不错

“But it was doing well.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: DISCLOSING INFORMATION
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
Emotion: RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Family Asset Division (Fen Jia)

Historically and culturally significant, 'Fen Jia' represents the formal division of estate and households among family members, often accompanied by emotional complexity.

INTENT TAGS: #disclosure #family_matters #explanation #narrating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
棋牌室 SPOKEN CHUNK

board and card game room; mahjong parlor

A very common community gathering place in China where seniors and neighbors play mahjong and cards.

分家 SPOKEN CHUNK

to divide the family property; break up family business

Used specifically in family contexts when adult siblings or branches split joint living arrangements and assets.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Serves as a topic marker to pause and bring attention to the subject before discussing it.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the statement as an explanatory confirmation of an established fact.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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