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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E1 (04:19) HSK 2
nǐ gēn nǐ mā jiù shì yí gè dé xíng

你跟你妈就是一个德行

“You're just like your mom—”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 04:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yí gè pǔ tōng gōng rén

一个普通工人

“at the seafood processing plant!”

nǐ gēn nǐ mā jiù shì yí gè dé xíng CURRENT FOCUS

你跟你妈 就是 一个德行

“You're just like your mom—”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hào gāo wù yuǎn

好高骛远

“always overreaching!”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are just as hopelessly flawed and arrogant as your mother.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Transference of Blame

In Chinese domestic arguments, criticizing someone by comparing them to a parent's flaws is a common, sharp rhetorical weapon.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #belittlement #comparison #venting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一个德行 SPOKEN CHUNK

cut from the same cloth; having the same bad attitude

A derogatory colloquial phrase used to compare negative traits between two people.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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