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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9 (05:35) HSK 1
zuò xì jiù yào zuò quán tào

做戏就要做全套

“We have to put on a full act.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 05:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ gàn má

你干吗

“What are you doing?”

zuò xì jiù yào zuò quán tào CURRENT FOCUS

做戏 就要 做全套

“We have to put on a full act.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men

我们

“We”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: JUSTIFYING BEHAVIOR
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: PLAYFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't push me away; we have to look totally convincing to make them believe us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Strategic Pretense

In Chinese social and romantic narratives, staging an elaborate pretense often provides a socially acceptable pretext to blur personal boundaries without immediate commitment.

INTENT TAGS: #rationalization #playful_deception #persuasion #boundary_pushing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
做戏做全套 SPOKEN CHUNK

to carry a deception through to the very end; to do a proper job of faking something

A very common colloquial idiom used when insisting that a pretense must be maintained thoroughly so as not to get caught.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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