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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E4 (08:35) HSK 7
nǐ jiù hù zhe tā ba nǐ jiù

你就护着他吧 你就

“You just keep protecting him, huh?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 08:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xíng le xíng le shuō le yī wǎn shàng le tā zhī dào cuò le

“Alright, that's enough. You've been lecturing him all night. He knows he was wrong.”

nǐ jiù hù zhe tā ba nǐ jiù CURRENT FOCUS

你就护着 他吧 你就

“You just keep protecting him, huh?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bái jí

白及

“Bai Ji,”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REBUKING INDULGENCE
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Keep pampering him and see how much worse he turns out!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Mediation and Overprotection (Hu Dun)

In Chinese households, conflicts often involve one party playing the strict disciplinarian while another plays the protector, leading to friction over spoiling younger members.

INTENT TAGS: #sarcasm #criticism #reproach #frustration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
护着 SPOKEN CHUNK

to shield; to protect someone excessively

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to criticize someone for taking sides or overly defending a relative or friend.

你就……吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

just keep on doing (ironic)

A colloquial construction expressing exasperation, predicting negative consequences if the action continues.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Conveys sarcastic acquiescence and implicit warning rather than genuine encouragement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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