MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E16 (18:24) HSK 6
nǐ jià gěi tā bù jiù shì tú tā men jiā de guān xì ma

你嫁给他 不就是图他们家的关系吗

“Didn't you marry him just for his family's connections?”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 18:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ xiàn zài zhēn de tǐng tì nǐ ài rén jué de bù zhí de

“Right now, I honestly feel sorry for your husband.”

nǐ jià gěi tā bù jiù shì tú tā men jiā de guān xì ma CURRENT FOCUS

你 嫁给他 不就是 图 他们家 的关系 吗

“Didn't you marry him just for his family's connections?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhēn de ài tā ma tā zhī dào zhè yī qiè ma

“Do you really love him? Does he know all this?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHENTICITY
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are a calculating gold digger using him for influence, and you don't love him at all.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi and Pragmatic Marriage

Marriage in Chinese society often carries social capital expectations; marrying purely 'for connections' (图关系) is culturally stigmatized as mercenary opportunism.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #confrontation #calling_out #disdain
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不就是图 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it merely pursuing/seeking

A rhetorical pattern used to cynically expose someone's real, selfish, or material motive.

他们家的关系 SPOKEN CHUNK

their family's connections/social network

Refers to interpersonal influence, power, and resources held by an elite or influential household.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Transforms the rhetorical inquiry into an aggressive, confrontational challenge expecting agreement.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E16 (18:24) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus