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《My Page in the 90s》 S1·E17 (31:30) HSK 3
nǐ kě zhēn shì guì rén duō wàng shì a

你可真是贵人多忘事啊

“you're quite forgetful.”

《My Page in the 90s》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 31:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lín xiǎo jiě

林小姐

“Miss Lin,”

nǐ kě zhēn shì guì rén duō wàng shì a CURRENT FOCUS

你 可真 是 贵人多忘事 啊

“you're quite forgetful.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lián wǒ de shēng yīn dōu tīng bù chū lái le

“Can't even recognize my voice?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: MOCK REPROACH
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“How could you forget me so easily? Don't act like you're too important to remember.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Gui Ren Duo Wang Shi (贵人多忘事)

Originally polite deference implying a high-status person is simply too busy to remember trivia, it is now primarily used as sarcastic banter when someone forgets a peer.

INTENT TAGS: #sarcasm #mock_blame #guilt_tripping #reminding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
贵人多忘事 SPOKEN CHUNK

important people have short memories; how forgetful of you

A set idiom frequently used with polite irony or gentle sarcasm when someone fails to recall a past meeting, promise, or identity.

可真是 SPOKEN CHUNK

truly, really is (often sarcastic)

Used before an evaluation to emphasize the speaker's disbelief or ironic affirmation.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds lingering rhetorical weight and emotional emphasis to the sarcastic observation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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