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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (12:38) HSK 7
nǐ yǒu mán yuàn lǎo bǎn de gōng fu duō kǎo lǜ kǎo lǜ

你有埋怨老板的工夫 多考虑考虑

“If you have time to complain about him, why don't you think about”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 12:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lǎo bǎn yǒu dǎ qiú nà gōng fu xiǎng xiǎng kuàng shàng de shì bù hǎo ma

老板有打球那工夫 想想矿上的事不好吗

“If he has time to play, shouldn't he think about the mine?”

nǐ yǒu mán yuàn lǎo bǎn de gōng fu duō kǎo lǜ kǎo lǜ CURRENT FOCUS

你有 埋怨 老板 的工夫 多考虑考虑

“If you have time to complain about him, why don't you think about”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zì jǐ gè rén wèn tí hǎo ma

自己个人问题好吗

“your own personal life?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEFLECTING AND ADVISING
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: EXASPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop meddling in the boss's affairs; your own life is a much bigger mess.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Personal Life Pressure (Geren Wenti)

In Chinese culture, 'geren wenti' (personal problem) is a common euphemism for finding a spouse or marriage partner, often raised when someone is seen as wasting time on workplace gossip.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #advising #reproach #redirecting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
有……的工夫 SPOKEN CHUNK

instead of spending time doing...

Used colloquially to suggest that the time spent on an unproductive action would be better allocated elsewhere.

考虑考虑 SPOKEN CHUNK

to give some thought to / to ponder

Reduplication softens the suggestion while keeping it casual.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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