《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E19 (05:44)
HSK 7
dāng lǎo bǎn yǐ hòu zěn me yuè lái yuè kōu a
当老板以后怎么越来越抠啊
“How come you're getting stingier since you became the boss?”
《The Epoch of Miyu》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 05:44
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
dāng lǎo bǎn yǐ hòu zěn me yuè lái yuè kōu a
CURRENT FOCUS
当老板 以后 怎么 越来越 抠 啊
“How come you're getting stingier since you became the boss?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ hǎo yī wá
你好 伊娃
“Hello, Eva.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
TEASING
Tone:
TEASING
Emotion:
AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You own the place now, stop pretending to be broke and loosen up your wallet!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Boss Expectations and Crying Poor
In Chinese social culture, bosses are stereotypically expected to be generous and pick up the tab; pretending to be broke ('crying poverty') invites lighthearted ribbing among peers.
INTENT TAGS:
#banter
#teasing
#complaint
#chiding
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
当老板
SPOKEN CHUNK
to become the boss / run a business
Commonly used when referring to someone taking on entrepreneurship or ownership.
抠
SPOKEN CHUNK
stingy; cheap
Very common Northern/colloquial Chinese slang for being excessively tightfisted with money.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the rhetorical question into friendly banter rather than a harsh accusation.
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2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E19 (05:44) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus