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《The Inner Eye》 S1·E28 (19:50) HSK 7
yì nián dào tóu dōu bù zài jiā

一年到头都不在家

“and is not at home all the year round.”

《The Inner Eye》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 19:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tiān tiān pǎo cháng tú

天天跑长途

“drives a long-distance van every day”

yì nián dào tóu dōu bù zài jiā CURRENT FOCUS

一年到头 都 不在家

“and is not at home all the year round.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yào bú shì wǒ zhào gù nǐ

要不是我照顾你

“If I hadn't taken care of you,”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are never around to help, and I have to shoulder everything alone.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Sacrifice vs Domestic Burden

In Chinese households where one spouse travels constantly for livelihood, domestic tension often erupts over unpaid emotional and physical labor at home.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #guilt_tripping #venting #blame
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一年到头 SPOKEN CHUNK

throughout the year; from year's beginning to year's end

Use this spoken phrase to emphasize the relentless, uninterrupted duration of a situation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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