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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E31 (13:05) HSK 1
tā hái lǚ jiào bù gǎi hǎo

他还屡教不改 好

“But he never learns. Alright.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 13:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN duì ér qiě zhè dōu bú shì dì yī cì le shàng huí wǒ yě dǎ tā

对 而且这都不是 第一次了 上回我也打他

“Right. And that wasn't the first time. I hit him last time too.”

tā hái lǚ jiào bù gǎi hǎo CURRENT FOCUS

他还 屡教不改 好

“But he never learns. Alright.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bà gēn nǐ shuō a líng líng

爸跟你说啊 苓苓

“Listen to me, Zhuling.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Since reasoning with him didn't work, he has left us with no choice but to be tough.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Moral Legitimacy in Discipline

Physical discipline or severe reprimands within Chinese parenting are traditionally rationalized when the child is perceived as 'repeatedly refusing to correct wrongdoing'.

INTENT TAGS: #condemnation #justification #determination #moral_judgment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
屡教不改 SPOKEN CHUNK

refusing to mend one's ways despite repeated education; incorrigible

A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly adopted in colloquial speech to condemn persistent bad habits.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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