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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E19 (04:42) HSK 7
nǐ gēn mā shuō jù xīn lǐ huà

你跟妈说句心里话

“Be honest with me.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 04:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rǎn rǎn

冉冉

“Ranran.”

nǐ gēn mā shuō jù xīn lǐ huà CURRENT FOCUS

你跟妈 说句心里话

“Be honest with me.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shì bú shì

你是不是

“Is there”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: ELICITING CONFESSION
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop keeping secrets from me—just be honest about what's really going on.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Maternal Heart-to-Heart (Xinlihua)

Invoking 'words from the heart' (心里话) creates emotional intimacy and implicit parental authority, encouraging children to lower their guard.

INTENT TAGS: #prying #bonding #heart_to_heart #urging_honesty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
说句心里话 SPOKEN CHUNK

speak one's heartfelt truth; speak frankly

A very common conversational opener used to request or offer sincere, unvarnished honesty.

跟……说 SPOKEN CHUNK

to speak to / tell someone

Basic relational preposition structure used in daily spoken Chinese.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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