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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E13 (02:43) HSK 7
bù hài rén dàn gé yīng rén

不害人但膈应人

“Harmless, but irritating.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 02:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nián shàng le shuǎi dōu shuǎi bù diào

“He's just impossible to get rid of.”

bù hài rén dàn gé yīng rén CURRENT FOCUS

不害人但膈应人

“Harmless, but irritating.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xìng qí de mǐ shāng

姓齐的米商

“The rice merchant surnamed Qi?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: ANNOYED
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: The Concept of 'Geying' (膈应)

An expressive regional term denoting a unique psychological discomfort—not outright injury, but an unsettling, lingering annoyance akin to a hair in food.

INTENT TAGS: #venting #disgust #evaluating #nuisance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
害人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to harm people; to cause injury

Refers to inflicting tangible harm or ruin upon others.

膈应人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to gross someone out; to be nauseatingly annoying

A vivid northern dialect expression now widely used in spoken Mandarin for something deeply distasteful or subtly nauseating.

CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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