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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E21 (11:43) HSK 7
nǐ tīng wǒ shuō huà bié lǎo chā zuǐ ma

你听我说话别老插嘴嘛

“Don't chime in when I'm speaking.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 11:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kàn

你看

“Come on.”

nǐ tīng wǒ shuō huà bié lǎo chā zuǐ ma CURRENT FOCUS

你听我说 话 别老插嘴 嘛

“Don't chime in when I'm speaking.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ guò lái lái

你过来 来

“Come here, come.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REPRIMANDING INTERRUPTION
Tone: COMPLAINING
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be quiet and let me finish my sentence!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cooperative Floor Holding

Using the particle '嘛' when asking someone not to interrupt blends annoyance with intimacy, preventing an everyday disagreement from turning into an outright fight.

INTENT TAGS: #silencing #asserting_turns #complaining #pleading
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
老插嘴 SPOKEN CHUNK

constantly interrupting / always butting in

Uses '老' to indicate a habitual, annoying behavior that the speaker disapproves of.

听我说 SPOKEN CHUNK

listen to me

A common conversational phrase used to seize the conversational floor.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the imperative command into a wheedling or mildly exasperated plea rather than harsh aggression.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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