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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E19 (22:35) HSK 6
bié huí tóu gāng lí le láng wō yòu jìn le hǔ xué ya

别回头刚离了狼窝 又进了虎穴呀

“Don't leave a bad place and end up at somewhere worse.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 22:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lǎo bǎn hēi xīn bù hēi xīn

老板黑心不黑心

“Is the employer someone ruthless?”

bié huí tóu gāng lí le láng wō yòu jìn le hǔ xué ya CURRENT FOCUS

别回头 刚 离了狼窝 又 进了虎穴 呀

“Don't leave a bad place and end up at somewhere worse.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì

是

“It's”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: WARNING
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be careful, or your new boss might be just as abusive as your last one.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Toxicity and Peer Camaraderie

Young Chinese professionals often bond over shared anxieties regarding demanding or exploitative bosses, using colorful idioms to share survival advice.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #concern #advice #caution
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
刚离了狼窝 又进了虎穴 SPOKEN CHUNK

out of the frying pan into the fire (lit. just left the wolf's den, entered the tiger's cave)

A vivid colloquial idiom used when someone escapes one dangerous or toxic situation only to fall into another.

别回头 SPOKEN CHUNK

don't let it happen that; lest

A colloquial conjunction used to warn against an undesirable future scenario.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the urgent warning, conveying caring concern rather than a harsh reprimand.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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