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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E6 (41:56) HSK 5
qī bā kǒu rén jǐ zài yī jiān wū zi lǐ

七八口人挤在一间屋子里

“Seven or eight people squeezed into one room.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 41:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài nǎ dōu hǎo duì fù hái yǒu hǎo duō ya tuō jiā dài kǒu huí lái de

在哪都好对付 还有好多呀 拖家带口回来的

“You can make do anywhere. There are many others returning with entire families.”

qī bā kǒu rén jǐ zài yī jiān wū zi lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

七八口人 挤在一间屋 子里

“Seven or eight people squeezed into one room.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duì le

对了

“Wait,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: ELABORATING HARDSHIP
Tone: DESCRIPTIVE
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Living Conditions in Historical Urban China

In 20th-century urban China, particularly during return waves of sent-down youth, multi-generational families frequently shared tiny rooms under severe public housing shortages.

INTENT TAGS: #description #lamenting #hardship #empathy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
七八口人 SPOKEN CHUNK

seven or eight family members

A colloquial way to quantify household members using the measure word 口 (kǒu).

挤在一间屋子里 SPOKEN CHUNK

crowded together in one room

Use '挤在' followed by a space to describe living or staying in very cramped conditions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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