《About Love》 S1·E11 (25:59)
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wǒ zhēn yǐ wéi dà sēn shì hǔ wǒ men de
我真以为大森是唬我们的
“I'd think Sen was lying.”
《About Love》
S1·E11
TIMECODE: 25:59
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
yào bú shì jīn tiān jiàn dào nǐ běn rén
要不是今天见到你本人
“If I didn't meet you today,”
wǒ zhēn yǐ wéi dà sēn shì hǔ wǒ men de
CURRENT FOCUS
我 真以为 大森 是 唬我们 的
“I'd think Sen was lying.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
tā shuō shén me le
他说什么了
“What did he say?”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
EXPRESSING SURPRISE
Tone:
CANDID
Emotion:
SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You really are as impressive as he claimed; I didn't believe him at first.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Flattery through Third-Party Doubt
In Chinese social interaction, admitting that one previously doubted praise from a third party serves as a clever, face-elevating compliment upon meeting someone.
INTENT TAGS:
#compliment
#admission
#astonishment
#validation
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
真以为
SPOKEN CHUNK
really mistakenly thought
Use 以为 (instead of 认为) when the speaker wants to emphasize that their prior assumption was incorrect.
唬
SPOKEN CHUNK
to bluff; to hoodwink; to fool
A vivid colloquial northern term for deceiving or intimidating someone with exaggerated claims.
Modal Particle「的」 (de)
CHANGE OF STATE
Functions as part of the emphatic past construction (是...的) asserting conviction.
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2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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