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《The Guilty》 S1·E5 (25:44) HSK 5
nǐ ràng nà qué zi zhào gù tā ya

你让那瘸子照顾她呀

“You'd let that cripple take care of her?”

《The Guilty》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 25:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ yào shì jìn qù le xià xuě zěn me bàn

“If you get locked up, what will happen to Xia Xue?”

nǐ ràng nà qué zi zhào gù tā ya CURRENT FOCUS

你让那 瘸子 照顾她 呀

“You'd let that cripple take care of her?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shèng xià de qián shén me shí hòu gěi

“When will you pay the rest?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EXPRESSING DISBELIEF
Tone: DEROGATORY AND SHARP
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You must be out of your mind to trust an invalid with her care.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Taboo Language and Stigmatizing Slurs

Referring to people with disabilities using slurs like '瘸子' rather than polite terms like '残障人士' reflects blunt vulgarity, aggression, or a severe lack of respect in spoken exchanges.

INTENT TAGS: #disbelief #scorn #challenging #provocation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
瘸子 SPOKEN CHUNK

cripple; person with a limp (derogatory/offensive)

A highly offensive, discriminatory term in spoken Chinese; learners should recognize it but avoid using it.

照顾 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take care of; to look after

Standard everyday verb for looking after people, children, or elderly family members.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Intensifies the rhetorical, disbelieving tone of the question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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