MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《River Sunset》 S1·E10 (27:01) HSK 7
jiù zài shàng hǎi de wǔ tīng zuò bàn wǔ

就在上海的舞厅做伴舞

“is as a taxi dancer in a Shanghai dance hall.”

《River Sunset》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 27:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ de zhí yè

你的职业

“Your profession”

jiù zài shàng hǎi de wǔ tīng zuò bàn wǔ CURRENT FOCUS

就在上海的舞厅做伴舞

“is as a taxi dancer in a Shanghai dance hall.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì ma

是吗

“Is that so?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Social & Dating
Function: SHARING PERSONAL BACKGROUND
Tone: CASUAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Shanghai Ballroom Culture

Refers to the iconic entertainment and dance hall industry of early to mid-20th-century Shanghai where hostesses and dancers worked.

INTENT TAGS: #disclosure #answering #self_introduction
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
做伴舞 SPOKEN CHUNK

work as a backup dancer / dance partner

A verbal collocation using '做' (to work as) followed by the profession '伴舞'.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《River Sunset》 S1·E10 (27:01) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus