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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E3 (03:02) HSK 5
yǎng gè èr sān shí tóu zhū

养个二三十头猪

“and keep 20 or 30 pigs.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 03:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài quān yī kuài dà yī diǎn de dì

“get a bigger plot of land,”

yǎng gè èr sān shí tóu zhū CURRENT FOCUS

养个二三十头猪

“and keep 20 or 30 pigs.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě zài wǎng dà le shuō

可再往大了说

“You can... go bigger.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: PROPOSING PLANS
Tone: OPTIMISTIC
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Smallholder Agrarian Ambitions

In rural traditional Chinese settings, scaling pig farming represents substantial wealth accumulation and household financial stability.

INTENT TAGS: #planning #expansion #ambition #estimation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
二三十头 SPOKEN CHUNK

twenty to thirty (head of livestock)

Uses '头' as the appropriate nominal measure word for large domestic animals like cattle and pigs.

养猪 SPOKEN CHUNK

to raise pigs

Standard verb-object collocation for swine farming.

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