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《Go Ahead》 S1·E24 (25:48) HSK 6
nǐ kàn nǐ jiě rén jiā zài bó wù guǎn gōng zuò

你看你姐 人家在博物馆工作

“Look at your cousin. She's working in a museum.”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 25:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà nǐ dǎo shì xué xué wǒ dà bó mǔ a bié méi shì zhěng tiān láo dāo wǒ

那你倒是学学 我大伯母啊 别没事整天唠叨我

“Then you should take my aunt as your example. Don't nag me all the time.”

nǐ kàn nǐ jiě rén jiā zài bó wù guǎn gōng zuò CURRENT FOCUS

你看你 姐 人家 在博物馆工作

“Look at your cousin. She's working in a museum.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bó wù guǎn

博物馆

“Museum?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REPROACHING BY COMPARISON
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why can't you be accomplished and stable like your sister instead of giving me a headache?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Comparative Shaming in Parenting

Chinese parents and elders frequently motivate younger relatives through explicit social comparisons ('someone else's child'), intended to prompt self-reflection through competitive shame.

INTENT TAGS: #comparison #criticism #nagging #peer_pressure
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你看你 SPOKEN CHUNK

look at you (used to initiate criticism)

A very common conversational opener used by family elders or frustrated partners right before pointing out flaws or making unfavorable comparisons.

人家 SPOKEN CHUNK

other people / look at how they do it

Frequently used in family dynamics to hold up another person as a benchmark or ideal role model to shame the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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