《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E17 (23:36)
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bù hǎo shuō shuí yě méi zhǐ zhe tā
不好说 谁也没指着他
“Hard to say. No one is counting on him.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E17
TIMECODE: 23:36
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ shì shuō tā bāng nǐ men zuò de nà xiē xuān chuán néng guǎn diǎn yòng ba
我是说 他帮你们 做的那些宣传 能管点用吧
“I mean, the publicity he did for you guys— did it help?”
bù hǎo shuō shuí yě méi zhǐ zhe tā
CURRENT FOCUS
不好说 谁也没 指着 他
“Hard to say. No one is counting on him.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nà tā hái huì huí lái ma
那他还会回来吗
“Will he come back?”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
EXPRESSING SKEPTICISM
Tone:
DISMISSIVE
Emotion:
INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't get your hopes up; we never expected much from him to begin with.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Expectation Management (留余地)
Chinese speakers often deliberately downplay outside help to protect themselves from disappointment and avoid owing undue gratitude.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#downplaying
#dismissal
#skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不好说
SPOKEN CHUNK
hard to say; difficult to tell
Extremely common conversational hedge indicating uncertainty or reluctance to make a firm judgment.
指着
SPOKEN CHUNK
counting on; relying on
Colloquial oral equivalent of '指望' (zhǐwàng), used to indicate expectation of help or income.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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