《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E20 (24:08)
HSK 5
zhè bú shì zāo jiàn dōng xī ma lǎo bǎn
这不是糟践东西吗 老板
“Isn't this a waste? Boss.”
《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》
S1·E20
TIMECODE: 24:08
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wàn fú shuí ràng nǐ yòng hǎi shēn bào yú bāo bāo zi de
“Wanfu! Who let you use sea cucumber and abalone for Baozi?”
zhè bú shì zāo jiàn dōng xī ma lǎo bǎn
CURRENT FOCUS
这不是 糟践东西 吗 老板
“Isn't this a waste? Boss.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ shě bù dé hái zi tào bù zhe láng a nǐ tiān tiān mài jiān bǐng
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You sell pancakes every day,”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
PROTESTING WASTE
Tone:
CRITICAL
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're throwing money away on expensive ingredients that make no business sense!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Frugality vs. Investment
In traditional small businesses, workers prize thrift ('勤俭节约'), making the lavish use of luxury goods like sea cucumber and abalone seem like sheer wastefulness rather than a calculated risk.
INTENT TAGS:
#criticism
#dissuasion
#frugality
#protest
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
糟践东西
SPOKEN CHUNK
to waste good things / to ruin valuable items
A colloquial northern expression used to criticize reckless waste or improper handling of food or materials.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Converts the statement into a rhetorical question to highlight the obvious nature of the waste.
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3 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E20 (24:08) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus