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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E19 (19:53) HSK 1
zhè jiào wù jìn qí yòng

这叫物尽其用

“That's putting things to their best use.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 19:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuò bǎn dèng gāng hǎo zhǎng de hái bù xíng ne

做板凳刚好 长的还不行呢

“But it's perfect for a stool. A long one wouldn't work there.”

zhè jiào wù jìn qí yòng CURRENT FOCUS

这叫 物尽其用

“That's putting things to their best use.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jué de

我觉得

“I think”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: SATISFACTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Thrift and Resourcefulness

'物尽其用' reflects the traditional Chinese cultural value of avoiding waste and finding functional utility in leftover or modest items.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #pragmatism #thrift #resourcefulness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
物尽其用 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make the best use of everything / to put things to full use

A four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly deployed to praise thriftiness, recycling, or practical resourcefulness.

这叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

this is called / this is what you call

Used conversationally to categorize an action under a defining principle, idiom, or label.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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