MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E28 (24:55) HSK 2
méi dǎn shuō jiù méi dǎn shuō bei

没胆说就没胆说呗

“If you're chicken to say it, just say so.”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 24:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wú fǎ yán shuō

无法言说

“Cannot be spoken?”

méi dǎn shuō jiù méi dǎn shuō bei CURRENT FOCUS

没胆说 就 没胆说 呗

“If you're chicken to say it, just say so.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn shì

真是

“Come on.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Social & Dating
Function: MOCKING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop pretending it's inexpressible; you're just too chicken to say it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dan (Courage/Guts) in Banter

In Chinese culture, lacking 'dan' (gallbladder/guts) is a frequent point of playful teasing or provocative challenge among intimates.

INTENT TAGS: #taunting #provocation #dismissal #banter
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
没胆 SPOKEN CHUNK

lacking the guts / cowardly

Colloquial shorthand for lacking courage or being scared to take action.

没……就没……呗 SPOKEN CHUNK

if you don't then you don't, so what

A colloquial pattern expressing shrug-of-the-shoulders nonchalance or dismissive resignation.

Modal Particle「呗」 (bei) CHANGE OF STATE

Conveys a nonchalant, dismissive, or obvious attitude, highlighting that the conclusion is plain to see.

🏮

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
《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E28 (24:55) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus