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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E17 (04:33) HSK 2
nǎ yǒu bù lèi de yíng shēng a

哪有不累的营生啊

“there's no job that isn't tiring.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 04:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái ér a

孩儿啊

“Kid,”

nǎ yǒu bù lèi de yíng shēng a CURRENT FOCUS

哪有不累的营生 啊

“there's no job that isn't tiring.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà běi jīng de qián

那北京的钱

“Do you think money in Beijing”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: COMFORTING AND ADVISING
Tone: COMFORTING
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Hang in there; every job is exhausting, so don't expect an easy way out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Eating Bitterness (Chiku)

Older Chinese generations often encourage perseverance by normalizing hardship as an inevitable part of earning an honest living.

INTENT TAGS: #encouragement #philosophical_acceptance #parental_advice #normalizing_hardship
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
哪有 SPOKEN CHUNK

where is there / how could there be

Used rhetorically to express that something is impossible, nonexistent, or improbable.

营生 SPOKEN CHUNK

livelihood; trade; line of work

A colloquial northern term for a job or way of earning a living, often carrying a sense of laboriousness.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question and adds an earnest, affectionate, or sighing parental tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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