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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E21 (03:47) HSK 1
nǐ men zhè ge chī dú shí

你们这个吃独食

“It's not a decent move to keep all the benefits”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 03:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yì qǐ zhuàn qián ma

一起赚钱嘛

“Why not make money together?”

nǐ men zhè ge chī dú shí CURRENT FOCUS

你们 这个 吃独食

“It's not a decent move to keep all the benefits”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǒu diǎn bù tài hǎo a

有点不太好啊

“to yourselves.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CRITICIZING SELFISHNESS
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're hogging all the profits, and we're not going to let you get away with it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Profit Sharing and Harmony (有钱大家赚)

Chinese business culture heavily disdains 'eating alone' (吃独食), placing immense moral emphasis on mutual benefit and sharing spoils to maintain group stability.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #warning #demanding_fairness #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
吃独食 SPOKEN CHUNK

to hog the benefits; to keep all the spoils to oneself

A vivid idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to eat food alone', metaphorically used to criticize someone for refusing to share profits or perks.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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