《COURT!》 S1·E4 (38:20)
HSK 4
zì jǐ dōu yǎng bù huó zì jǐ
自己都养不活自己
“I can barely take care of myself.”
《COURT!》
S1·E4
TIMECODE: 38:20
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jiě jiě bú shì bù yuàn yì dài nǐ huí jiā
姐姐不是不愿意带你回家
“It's not that I don't want to take you home.”
zì jǐ dōu yǎng bù huó zì jǐ
CURRENT FOCUS
自己 都 养不活自己
“I can barely take care of myself.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zài dài nǐ huí jiā
再带你回家
“How could I take care of you too?”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
JUSTIFYING REFUSAL
Tone:
SELF-DEPRECATING
Emotion:
HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Urban Financial Pressure
Young urban professionals often use self-mockery about barely making ends meet to explain their reluctance or inability to take on responsibilities like adopting pets or starting families.
INTENT TAGS:
#self_deprecation
#justification
#helplessness
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
养不活
SPOKEN CHUNK
unable to support financially / cannot feed
A potential complement construction used to express the inability to financially sustain oneself, a pet, or a family.
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2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《COURT!》 S1·E4 (38:20) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus