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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E24 (06:34) HSK 7
nà bù zá rén fàn wǎn ma

那不砸人饭碗吗

“Isn't that taking away their livelihood?”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 06:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN huán gěi gōng rén gěi gǎn zǒu le

“but he's even driving the workers out.”

nà bù zá rén fàn wǎn ma CURRENT FOCUS

那不 砸人饭碗 吗

“Isn't that taking away their livelihood?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ ràng rén zěn me huó ya

你让人怎么活呀

“How are they supposed to survive?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REPROACHING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are ruthlessly ruining those people's livelihoods.”
💡 Cultural Insight: The Rice Bowl Metaphor (Fanwan)

In Chinese culture, a rice bowl represents essential livelihood, and depriving someone of it is considered an ultimate act of moral and social cruelty.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #moral_condemnation #advocacy #rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
砸人饭碗 SPOKEN CHUNK

smash someone's rice bowl; take away someone's livelihood

An essential idiom used when an action causes someone to lose their job or basic source of income.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a rhetorical question, intensifying moral outrage.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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