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《Generation to Generation》 S1·E5 (27:30) HSK 4
běn lái jiù xǐ huān méi shì zhǎo shì

本来就喜欢没事找事

“always likes to stir up trouble.”

《Generation to Generation》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 27:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái yǒu nà ge cài zhāo

还有那个蔡昭

“Cai Zhao”

běn lái jiù xǐ huān méi shì zhǎo shì CURRENT FOCUS

本来就 喜欢 没事找事

“always likes to stir up trouble.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài là xià huà tóu

再落下话头

“If she had heard about it,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“That person is a troublemaker, so don't give them any ammunition against us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Avoiding Gossip (Fang Kou She)

Preventing busybodies from seizing upon mistakes ('话头') is a key protective strategy in hierarchical or gossipy social environments.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #warning #complaining #prevention
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
没事找事 SPOKEN CHUNK

make trouble out of nothing / look for trouble

A very common colloquial four-character idiom used to criticize people who stir up drama unnecessarily.

本来就 SPOKEN CHUNK

already / intrinsically / to begin with

Emphasizes that a negative trait or situation is pre-existing and well known.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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