《Generation to Generation》 S1·E31 (18:02)
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shì yě bú shì
是 也不是
“Yes and no.”
《Generation to Generation》
S1·E31
TIMECODE: 18:02
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
yě shì luò yīng gǔ de zhèn fǎ
也是落英谷的阵法
“It's also the formation of Luoying Valley?”
shì yě bú shì
CURRENT FOCUS
是 也不是
“Yes and no.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhǔn què dì shuō
准确地说
“To be precise, it's our ancient formation.”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
HEDGING
Tone:
CONTEMPLATIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It is technically related, but far more complicated than that.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dialectical Nuance
Chinese speakers often avoid absolute affirmations or denials in complex matters, favoring balanced hedges before detailed qualification.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#qualification
#clarification
#nuance
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
是 也是不是
SPOKEN CHUNK
yes and no / partially true
A classic conversational hedge used to challenge an oversimplified binary question before elaborating.
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1 EXPR · 8 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
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