《The Truth》 S1·E14 (34:14)
HSK 6
gào sù nǐ yǒu shén me yòng chǔ
告诉你有什么用处
“What good would telling you do?”
《The Truth》
S1·E14
TIMECODE: 34:14
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
tā gěi nǐ dǎ diàn huà nǐ zěn me méi gào sù wǒ
“She called you? Why didn't you tell me?”
gào sù nǐ yǒu shén me yòng chǔ
CURRENT FOCUS
告诉你 有什么用处
“What good would telling you do?”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
DISMISSING INQUIRY
Tone:
DISMISSIVE
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You couldn't have helped anyway, so why bother telling you?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Information Filtering
In close Chinese familial relationships, people frequently withhold stressful news under the justification that informing the other party solves nothing and only adds unnecessary anxiety.
INTENT TAGS:
#deflection
#justification
#dismissal
#rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
有什么用处
SPOKEN CHUNK
what is the use / what good is it
A rhetorical question pattern used to bluntly dismiss an action as futile or pointless.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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