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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E1 (05:03) HSK 6
kàn kàn mā mā gōng zuò rì yě jiù suàn le

看看妈妈 工作日也就算了

“Look at your mom. It's fine on weekdays,”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 05:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guāi zuò xià chī fàn

乖 坐下吃饭

“Be good. Sit and eat.”

kàn kàn mā mā gōng zuò rì yě jiù suàn le CURRENT FOCUS

看看 妈妈 工作 日 也就算了

“Look at your mom. It's fine on weekdays,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè xiū xī rì yě máng dé gēn dǎ zhàng shì de

“but even on her day off, she's as busy as if she was in battle.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: VOICING CONCERN
Tone: CONCERNED
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Mom is exhausting herself completely, and it breaks my heart that she never gets a break.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Double Burden on Working Mothers

Urban Chinese mothers frequently balance demanding corporate careers with primary caregiving and domestic management, rarely finding downtime even on designated rest days.

INTENT TAGS: #sympathy #commiseration #critique #observation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
也就算了 SPOKEN CHUNK

might be acceptable / one can let it slide

Used to concede a point as tolerable, often paving the way to contrast it with something intolerable in the next clause.

工作日 SPOKEN CHUNK

workdays / weekdays

Standard noun for official working days, contrasted with weekends or rest days.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Part of the fixed phrase '也就算了', conveying completion of tolerance and setting up a contrast.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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