MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E25 (18:59) HSK 6
qiú nín yī jiàn shì

求您一件事

“as to ask you for one thing,”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 18:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng hòu zhe liǎn pí

“May I be so shameless”

qiú nín yī jiàn shì CURRENT FOCUS

求您一件事

“as to ask you for one thing,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě yǐ ma ?

可以吗?

“please?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Daily Life
Function: REQUESTING FAVOR
Tone: DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know I am imposing, but please indulge my serious request.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Face-Lowering in Requests

Framing an ask as 'shameless' (houzhelianpi) and using the honorific 'nin' softens the social cost of imposing on someone.

INTENT TAGS: #supplication #humility #favor_seeking #deference
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
求您一件事 SPOKEN CHUNK

beg a favor of you; ask one thing of you

A highly respectful way to introduce an earnest request to someone of higher status.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E25 (18:59) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus