《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E6 (32:30)
HSK 1
xǐ huān nǐ zhè zhǒng zhí yán bù huì
喜欢你这种直言不讳
“your straightforwardness.”
《Love Story in the 1970s》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 32:30
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ dǎo shì
我倒是
“I do appreciate”
xǐ huān nǐ zhè zhǒng zhí yán bù huì
CURRENT FOCUS
喜欢你 这种 直言不讳
“your straightforwardness.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
dàn shì
但是
“That said,”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
PRAISE BEFORE CRITICISM
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
APPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I appreciate your honesty, but you are not entirely right or there is a problem.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Buffering Disagreement
Chinese speakers often validate or praise their conversational partner's character before using '但是' (but) to deliver a critique, thereby preserving face.
INTENT TAGS:
#compliment
#hedging
#preface
#evaluation
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
直言不讳
SPOKEN CHUNK
to speak frankly; to call a spade a spade
A formal four-character idiom describing honest, candid, and direct speech without evasion.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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