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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E20 (24:11) HSK 6
nǐ shě bù dé hái zi tào bù zhe láng a nǐ tiān tiān mài jiān bǐng

你舍不得孩子套不着狼啊 你天天卖煎饼

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You sell pancakes every day,”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 24:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè bú shì zāo jiàn dōng xī ma lǎo bǎn

“Isn't this a waste? Boss.”

nǐ shě bù dé hái zi tào bù zhe láng a nǐ tiān tiān mài jiān bǐng CURRENT FOCUS

你 舍不得孩子套不着狼 啊 你 天天 卖煎饼

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You sell pancakes every day,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN néng zhēng jǐ gè qián nǎ hǎi shēn bào yú bāo bāo zi yào shì néng zhèng qián

能挣几个钱哪 海参鲍鱼包包子要是能挣钱

“how much money can you earn? If making Baozi with sea cucumber and abalone can earn money,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: PERSUADING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop being penny-wise and pound-foolish; you have to take big risks to make real money.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calculated Risk in Entrepreneurship

The idiom '舍不得孩子套不着狼' is frequently deployed in Chinese business culture to justify bold upfront capital investments against conservative thrift.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #encouraging_risk #criticism #business_strategy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
舍不得孩子套不着狼 SPOKEN CHUNK

nothing ventured, nothing gained / one must make sacrifices to gain rewards

A very common colloquial proverb used to urge someone to bear necessary costs or risks for a bigger payoff.

天天 SPOKEN CHUNK

every single day / day in, day out

Emphasizes monotony or routine, often with an impatient or critical undertone in competitive contexts.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional emphasis and urgency to the advice, underscoring the speaker's exasperation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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