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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E20 (28:09) HSK 4
nǐ yào shì bú huì zuò nǐ jiù ràng bié rén zuò hǎo bù hǎo

你要是不会做 你就让别人做好不好

“If you can't do it, let someone else handle it.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 28:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ hái bù mǎn yì

你还不满意

“Still not satisfied?”

nǐ yào shì bú huì zuò nǐ jiù ràng bié rén zuò hǎo bù hǎo CURRENT FOCUS

你要是 不会做 你 就 让别人做 好不好

“If you can't do it, let someone else handle it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú yào zài zhè ér làng fèi shí jiān nǐ làng fèi de shì

“Stop wasting time here. You're wasting everyone's time in this room.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING INCOMPETENCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're incompetent and wasting everyone's time, so step aside immediately.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pseudocourtesy in Reprimands

Appending polite tag questions like 'hao bu hao' to an aggressive command is an authoritative tactic used to force compliance under the thin guise of persuasion.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #impatience #dismissal #delegation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
要是不会做 SPOKEN CHUNK

if you don't know how to do it

A direct conditional clause commonly used to call out someone's lack of competence or skill.

好不好 SPOKEN CHUNK

okay?; alright?

Literally asking for agreement, but when spoken sharply, it functions as an aggressive command.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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