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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E31 (27:33) HSK 5
zāo kāng fū bù kě xiū

糟糠夫不可休

“"A husband who shared your hardships should not be cast aside."”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 27:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn shì mín jiān yǒu jù huà

但是民间有句话

“there is a saying among the people:”

zāo kāng fū bù kě xiū CURRENT FOCUS

糟糠夫 不可 休

“"A husband who shared your hardships should not be cast aside."”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me zāo kāng fū zāo kāng qī

“"A husband who shared your hardships"? It's "wife."”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: JOKING ASSERTION
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: PLAYFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You cannot just throw me away after all we have been through together!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Zaokang Zhi Qi (Chaff Wife)

The traditional idiom dictates that a wife who endured poverty with her husband must never be discarded when he prospers; here, the speaker jokingly reverses genders to make a point.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #humor #banter #relationship_defense
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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不可休 SPOKEN CHUNK

must not be divorced or cast aside

A classical phrasing derived from traditional marriage idioms, rarely used outside playful banter or historical contexts.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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