《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E6 (16:31)
HSK 6
bù néng ràng kè rén dòng shǒu zhè shì guī jǔ
不能让客人动手 这是规矩
“We can't let the guest do it, it's the rule.”
《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 16:31
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè wǒ ná shǒu
这我拿手
“I'm good at this.”
bù néng ràng kè rén dòng shǒu zhè shì guī jǔ
CURRENT FOCUS
不能让客人动手 这是规矩
“We can't let the guest do it, it's the rule.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wàn fú
万福
“Wanfu.”
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Scene:
Dining & Food
Function:
POLITE INSISTENCE
Tone:
HOSPITABLE AND AUTHORITATIVE
Emotion:
COURTESY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please sit back and relax; letting you lift a finger would reflect poorly on my hospitality.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guest-Host Etiquette (Dai Ke Zhi Dao)
Chinese hosting etiquette dictates that guests should be treated royally and not allowed to participate in kitchen chores, as making a guest work suggests bad manners on the host's part.
INTENT TAGS:
#hospitality
#polite_prohibition
#custom_enforcement
#face_giving
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
动手
SPOKEN CHUNK
to lift a finger / to do physical work
Used here in the sense of doing household or kitchen labor, though in other contexts it can mean getting into a fistfight.
规矩
SPOKEN CHUNK
rule / custom / decorum
Frequently invoked in Chinese social life to appeal to established etiquette or unwritten social conventions.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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