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《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E6 (18:15) HSK 7
nǐ kàn shuāng chóng fǒu dìng jiù shì kěn dìng

你看 双重否定就是肯定

“See? A double negative makes a positive.”

《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 18:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù néng shuō bù hǎo kàn

不能说不好看

“I can't say it wasn't.”

nǐ kàn shuāng chóng fǒu dìng jiù shì kěn dìng CURRENT FOCUS

你看 双重否定 就是 肯定

“See? A double negative makes a positive.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà jiù shì hǎo kàn

那就是好看

“So it was beautiful.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CLARIFYING AND ARGUING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Quit dodging the compliment; you clearly think it looks great!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirectness in Chinese Compliments

Chinese speakers often express praise cautiously using litotes or double negatives rather than hyperbolic praise, prompting close friends to humorously call it out.

INTENT TAGS: #banter #teasing #deduction #encouraging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你看 SPOKEN CHUNK

you see; look here

Commonly used at the beginning of a sentence to draw the listener's attention or lead into a logical deduction.

双重否定 SPOKEN CHUNK

double negative

A common grammatical term often used in everyday conversation to analyze someone's roundabout phrasing.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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