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《Go Ahead》 S1·E34 (19:27) HSK 7
shēng qì shí hòu shuō de huà dōu bù néng dàng zhēn de

生气时候 说的话都不能当真的

“Don’t take the things that she says in anger seriously.”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 19:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ā yí bié shēng qì

“Mrs. Qi, don't be angry.”

shēng qì shí hòu shuō de huà dōu bù néng dàng zhēn de CURRENT FOCUS

生气 时候 说的 话 都不能 当真 的

“Don’t take the things that she says in anger seriously.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lěng jìng yì diǎn lěng jìng yì diǎn nǐ men dōu lěng jìng yì diǎn

“Calm down. Calm down. Please calm down.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: MEDIATING CONFLICT
Tone: SOOTHING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please don't take those harsh words to heart; they only said that out of pure rage.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Smoothing Over Conflict (劝架与做和事老)

Third parties in Chinese social conflicts often step in as peacemakers, invoking common wisdom to excuse outburst behavior and preserve communal harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #de-escalation #reassurance #mediation #defusing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
当真 SPOKEN CHUNK

take seriously / take as truth

Commonly negated as '不能当真' or '别当真' to urge someone to brush off a joke or an angry remark.

生气时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when angry / in the heat of anger

Used as a temporal frame to excuse irrational or aggressive behavior.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of the clause to add an assertive, reassuring certainty to the general truth being stated.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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