《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E21 (12:19)
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wǒ tīng nǐ shuō huà xiàng shì gè dú shū rén
我听你说话像是个读书人
“You sound like a scholar.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E21
TIMECODE: 12:19
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zěn me zhè me dà de lì liàng
怎么这么大的力量
“how are you so strong?”
wǒ tīng nǐ shuō huà xiàng shì gè dú shū rén
CURRENT FOCUS
我听 你说 话像是个读书人
“You sound like a scholar.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wèi hé huì zài zhè ér bān shān shí a
“Why are you moving rocks here?”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
EXPRESSING SUSPICION
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You clearly do not belong here doing hard manual labor—what is your real story?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Scholar vs. Laborer Dichotomy
In imperial and traditional Chinese society, scholars ('shi') occupied the highest tier of the social hierarchy and rarely engaged in manual labor, making a scholar doing heavy lifting an immediate curiosity.
INTENT TAGS:
#probing
#inquiring
#observing
#deducing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
读书人
SPOKEN CHUNK
scholar; educated person
Traditionally signifies someone literate and cultured, historically set apart from manual laborers.
听你说话像
SPOKEN CHUNK
judging from the way you speak, you seem like
Used when deducing someone's origin, background, or social status from their tone and vocabulary.
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