《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E11 (20:13)
HSK 4
ràng zì jǐ zhuàn bú dào qián shì ba
让自己赚不到钱 是吧
“and lose money, right?”
《Live up to Your Youth》
S1·E11
TIMECODE: 20:13
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bǎ xì gěi huǐ le
把戏给毁了
“tank their own production”
ràng zì jǐ zhuàn bú dào qián shì ba
CURRENT FOCUS
让 自己 赚不到钱 是吧
“and lose money, right?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
shì
是
“Right.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
CONFIRMING
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Bottom Line (利益攸关与经济账)
In Chinese professional discourse, highlighting tangible economic loss is often the most persuasive argument used to summarize a mistake or assess failure.
INTENT TAGS:
#seeking_confirmation
#summarizing
#clarification
#reasoning
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
赚不到钱
SPOKEN CHUNK
unable to make money
A common everyday spoken phrase describing a failure to achieve financial gain.
是吧
SPOKEN CHUNK
right? / isn't that so?
Used as a tag question at the end of a statement to invite agreement from the listener.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the inquiry and invites explicit agreement or confirmation.
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3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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