《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E6 (34:22)
HSK 3
zhè yàng bù tài xíng
这样不太行
“That's not gonna work.”
《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 34:22
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ zhī qián dōu shì zhè yàng zuò de hǎo bù hǎo
“This is how I've always done it, okay?”
zhè yàng bù tài xíng
CURRENT FOCUS
这样 不太行
“That's not gonna work.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
DISAPPROVAL
Tone:
DIPLOMATIC
Emotion:
SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You really shouldn't do that; it's going to cause problems.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Face-Saving Hedging (留面子)
Chinese speakers often soften direct disagreements with modifiers like '不太' (not quite) rather than flat rejections to maintain interpersonal harmony.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#disapproval
#polite_refusal
#caution
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不太行
SPOKEN CHUNK
not really workable / not a great idea
A polite euphemism used in spoken Chinese instead of an outright negative like '不行' to cushion a rejection.
这样
SPOKEN CHUNK
like this / this way
Frequently acts as a demonstrative adverb referring to the specific procedure or situation just mentioned.
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2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E6 (34:22) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus