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《COURT!》 S1·E6 (01:51) HSK 7
hé zhe wǒ fèi le bàn tiān de kǒu shuǐ

合着我费了半天的口水

“Wait, so all that talking”

《COURT!》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 01:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài wò gè jī dàn gāng hǎo lái

再卧个鸡蛋 刚好 来

“It'll be perfect poached. Here.”

hé zhe wǒ fèi le bàn tiān de kǒu shuǐ CURRENT FOCUS

合着 我 费了半天的口水

“Wait, so all that talking”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù zhí zhè yí gè jī dàn

就值这一个鸡蛋

“is only worth one egg?”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: TEASING COMPLAINT
Tone: SARCASTIC AND TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I gave you all this great advice and all I get in return is a single poached egg?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Egg as Everyday Comfort/Reward (加个鸡蛋)

Poaching an egg into noodles or soup is a quintessential everyday gesture of warmth and modest nourishment in Chinese households.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #banter #playful_complaint #irony
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
合着 SPOKEN CHUNK

so it turns out; as it turns out

A classic Northern colloquialism indicating sudden realization or ironic summary of a situation.

费了半天的口水 SPOKEN CHUNK

wasted one's breath; spent a long time talking

An informal idiom expressing that one talked extensively to convince or explain something.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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