MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E37 (01:12) HSK 3
kě nǐ de huà yě hěn shāng rén a

可你的话也很伤人啊

“But your words were hurtful too.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E37
TIMECODE: 01:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ cuò le ma

我错了嘛

“I was wrong, okay?”

kě nǐ de huà yě hěn shāng rén a CURRENT FOCUS

可你的话也 很伤人 啊

“But your words were hurtful too.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zěn me jiù méi liáng xīn le

“How can you say I have no conscience?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: COUNTER ACCUSATION
Tone: AGGRIEVED
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pretend a simple 'I was wrong' fixes everything when your words cut deep.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Perfunctory Apologies in Intimate Arguments

In close Chinese relationships, an insincere apology followed by modal particle 'ma' often provokes a counter-charge rather than resolving the conflict.

INTENT TAGS: #countercharge #grievance #confrontation #emotional_pushback
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
伤人 SPOKEN CHUNK

hurtful to feelings

Commonly used to describe words, attitudes, or actions that inflict emotional pain.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional intensity and underscores the speaker's sense of grievance.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E37 (01:12) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus