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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E8 (29:45) HSK 4
hǎo hǎo de nǐ yòu tí zhè shì zuò shén me

好好的 你又提这事做什么

“Why are you bringing that up again?”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 29:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè yáng shì dāng nián wèi hé piān yào zài nà kǒu jǐng lǐ zì jìn a

“Why did Concubine Yang have to end her life in that well?”

hǎo hǎo de nǐ yòu tí zhè shì zuò shén me CURRENT FOCUS

好好的 你又 提这事做什么

“Why are you bringing that up again?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ nǐ guǎn tā wèi shén me gǎn jǐn huā diǎn yín zi

你 你管她为什么 赶紧花点银子

“Don't keep asking why. Spend some money”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEFLECTING AND SCOLDING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Shut up, talking about this will only bring us bad luck and trouble.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Taboo around Tragic Deaths (Jihui)

Unnatural deaths like suicides are viewed as ominous and unwholesome in traditional Chinese culture; dredging them up is considered taboo.

INTENT TAGS: #suppression #deflection #anxiety #topic_change
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
好好的 SPOKEN CHUNK

out of the blue; when everything was going fine

Used adverbially to express frustration that someone disrupted an otherwise calm situation.

提这事做什么 SPOKEN CHUNK

why bring this matter up

A rhetorical question employed to shut down an unwelcome or uncomfortable conversation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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