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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E22 (09:40) HSK 5
yí gè diàn huà fèi nǐ shuō duō guì ya

一个电话费你说多贵呀

“Do you know how expensive a phone call is?”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 09:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

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

这 这

“This...”

yí gè diàn huà fèi nǐ shuō duō guì ya CURRENT FOCUS

一个电话 费 你说多贵呀

“Do you know how expensive a phone call is?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ nǐ yí gè biān jù

你你 一个编剧

“You, a screenwriter...”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop wasting money on long calls; do you have any idea how much this costs?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Frugality and Financial Scrutiny (Jiesheng)

Openly complaining about utility or communication fees is a conventional conversational channel to criticize perceived extravagance.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #chiding #frugality #rhetorical_criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
电话费 SPOKEN CHUNK

phone bill; call charges

Standard compound noun for telephone expenses.

你说多贵 SPOKEN CHUNK

you tell me how expensive it is; think how costly it is

Rhetorical framing used to invite agreement while emphasizing an extreme degree.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional intensity and exasperation to the rhetorical question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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