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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E28 (02:55) HSK 4
nǐ jiù shì jiā lǐ méi shì ér gàn

你就是家里没事儿干

“You just have nothing to do at home.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 02:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè ge yuè shì dì wǔ cì le

这个月是第五次了

“That's the fifth time this month.”

nǐ jiù shì jiā lǐ méi shì ér gàn CURRENT FOCUS

你 就是 家里 没事儿干

“You just have nothing to do at home.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN míng tiān nǐ gěi wǒ gàn gè huó

明天你给我干个活

“Do a job for me tomorrow.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: CRITICIZING IDLENESS
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are just overthinking and stirring up drama because you are bored; I will give you real work to keep you busy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Idle Hands Mindset (Xian de)

In Chinese domestic culture, excessive rumination, complaints, or repeated petty conflicts are often attributed to being 'too idle' (闲得慌), and the culturally normative remedy is to give the person hard labor or tasks.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #criticism #bluntness #prelude_to_demands
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
没事儿干 SPOKEN CHUNK

having nothing to do; idle

Colloquial northern expression frequently used to describe boredom or to lightly reprimand someone for making trouble out of sheer idleness.

你就是 SPOKEN CHUNK

you are simply...; the only reason is that...

Used at the start of a clause to assert a blunt, definitive conclusion about someone's attitude or problem.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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