《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2 (05:26)
HSK 6
nǐ men bú yào kāi wán xiào la
你们不要开玩笑啦
“Stop joking.”
《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》
S1·E2
TIMECODE: 05:26
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
hé xiàng yǒng nǎ shì zhǎng zhè yàng a
何向永哪是长这样啊
“That's not what He Xiangyong looks like.”
nǐ men bú yào kāi wán xiào la
CURRENT FOCUS
你们 不要 开玩笑啦
“Stop joking.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
tā jiù shì hé xiàng yǒng
他就是何向永
“He is He Xiangyong.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
DISMISSING DOUBTS
Tone:
PLAYFUL
Emotion:
AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Particle Softening in Social Interaction
Ending commands with particles like 'la' prevents negative requests from sounding harsh or authoritarian among friends.
INTENT TAGS:
#pleading
#defending_identity
#banter
#softening_prohibition
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
开玩笑
SPOKEN CHUNK
to make a joke; to tease
Commonly used both literally and pragmatically to tell someone not to be absurd or to take something seriously.
不要……啦
SPOKEN CHUNK
please don't... (softened)
A frequent spoken formula in Southern/Taiwan Mandarin to soften a negative imperative.
Modal Particle「啦」 (la)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the command, turning a strict prohibition into a friendly or slightly exasperated plea.
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2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2 (05:26) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus