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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E30 (02:16) HSK 3
xiàng nǐ zhè me wèi shǒu wèi jiǎo de

像你这么畏手畏脚的

“If you keep being this timid,”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 02:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me zhè me sǐ bǎn

怎么这么死板

“Why are you so rigid?”

xiàng nǐ zhè me wèi shǒu wèi jiǎo de CURRENT FOCUS

像你这么 畏手畏脚 的

“If you keep being this timid,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù bié guài bié rén qiǎng dān

就别怪别人抢单

“don't blame others for stealing your deals.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING BEHAVIOR
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Aggressive Commercial Mindset ('langxing wenhua' / wolf culture)

In competitive Chinese corporate and sales environments, boldness and swift execution are prized over caution; timidity is openly criticized as a fatal flaw leading to lost deals.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #condemnation #provocation #assertiveness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
畏手畏脚 SPOKEN CHUNK

timid and overcautious; bound hand and foot by fear

A common idiom used to describe someone who hesitates excessively and lacks the courage to take decisive action.

像你这么 SPOKEN CHUNK

being like you; doing things the way you do

A colloquial framing pattern typically introducing an example or complaint about someone's specific habit or flaw.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the phrase as a nominalized condition or category of people, creating an assertive, characterizing tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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