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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E19 (11:45) HSK 7
nǐ jiù bié tì tā xiā cāo xīn le gù hǎo nǐ zì jǐ ba

你就别替他瞎操心了 顾好你自己吧

“Don't worry about him for nothing. Just take good care of yourself.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 11:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tiě dǎ de yíng pán liú shuǐ de bīng zhè diǎn lǎo lín hái shì dǒng de

铁打的营盘流水的兵 这点老林还是懂的

“The institution stays, but people come and go. Lin still understands that.”

nǐ jiù bié tì tā xiā cāo xīn le gù hǎo nǐ zì jǐ ba CURRENT FOCUS

你就别替他 瞎操心 了 顾好你自己吧

“Don't worry about him for nothing. Just take good care of yourself.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rén jiā bì jìng yǒu chē yǒu fáng hái yǒu gè yōu xiù de lǎo pó

“He has a car and a house, after all. He even has an excellent wife.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: ADVISING TO MIND OWN BUSINESS
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He is doing much better than you are, so focus on your own mess instead of pitying him.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Social Comparison

In Chinese culture, candid friends frequently use material benchmarks like home or car ownership to snap someone out of excessive sympathy for others.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #reality_check #advising #bluntness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
瞎操心 SPOKEN CHUNK

worry pointlessly; fret about things unnecessarily

Commonly used in informal speech to bluntly tell someone that their worries are unfounded or unnecessary.

顾好你自己 SPOKEN CHUNK

look after yourself; mind your own business

A direct colloquial phrase used when advising someone to take care of their own affairs first.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions here to mark the cessation of an action, urging the listener to stop worrying.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the imperative suggestion, nudging the listener toward focusing on themselves.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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