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《COURT!》 S1·E23 (34:43) HSK 4
rì zi què shí guò bù xià qù

日子确实过不下去

“life would truly be unsustainable.”

《COURT!》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 34:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài jiāo fáng zū

再交房租

“and paying rent,”

rì zi què shí guò bù xià qù CURRENT FOCUS

日子 确实 过不下去

“life would truly be unsustainable.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yǐ jīng zài kāi shǐ jì huà cái chǎn fēn gē le

你已经在开始计划财产分割了

“You've already started planning the property division?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: STATING HARDSHIP
Tone: SOMBER
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We simply cannot survive as a couple anymore, so splitting up is unavoidable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Domestic Breakdown (过日子)

In Chinese culture, marriage is often conceptualized as 'guo rizi' (living daily life together); declaring that one cannot 'guo下去' is the definitive idiom denoting marital failure.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #resignation #confrontation #acknowledgment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
过不下去 SPOKEN CHUNK

cannot go on living together; unbearable to continue life

A standard spoken idiom specifically used when marital conflicts or economic pressures make cohabitation or survival intolerable.

日子确实 SPOKEN CHUNK

life indeed; daily life truly

Used to validate a grim assessment of one's current lifestyle or domestic situation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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