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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E20 (23:30) HSK 4
hào shì zhě yǒng yuǎn bù fá qí rén guǎn nà me duō gàn má

好事者永远不乏其人 管那么多干吗

“There's never a shortage of busybodies. Why care so much?”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 23:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ jiù bù hǎo qí ma dào dǐ shì shuí shàng chuán le nà ge chē kù shì pín

“Aren't you curious at all? Who exactly uploaded that garage video?”

hào shì zhě yǒng yuǎn bù fá qí rén guǎn nà me duō gàn má CURRENT FOCUS

好事者 永远不乏其人 管那么多干吗

“There's never a shortage of busybodies. Why care so much?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhǐ yào ān xīn dì zuò hǎo zì jǐ de shì qíng jiù hǎo le

只要安心地做好自己的事情 就好了

“As long as we focus on doing our own things, we'll be fine.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: ADVISING AND DISMISSING
Tone: PRAGMATIC
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“There will always be busybodies stirrring up trouble; don't waste your energy on them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hao shi zhe (busybodies / meddlers)

Refers to meddlesome people, gossipmongers, or onlookers who relish spreading drama; often used pejoratively for those who needlessly stir up rumors or public outcry online.

INTENT TAGS: #dissuading #letting it go #focusing on oneself
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不乏其人 SPOKEN CHUNK

there is no lack of such people; such people are by no means rare

An idiom mostly used in written or formal spoken Chinese, often paired with negative or neutral nouns like 'haoshizhe' (busybodies) or opportunists.

管……干吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

why bother caring about...; there is no need to mind...

A highly frequent colloquial rhetorical pattern used to dissuade someone or state that something is not worth worrying about; tone is direct and informal.

Modal Particle「干吗」 (gan ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as an interrogative pronoun and rhetorical question marker to intensify a rhetorical tone, meaning 'why bother' or 'what for'.

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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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