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《COURT!》 S1·E19 (19:12) HSK 5
wǒ gōng gōng pó po zài jiā yě méi shì gàn ya

我公公婆婆在家也没事干呀

“my in-laws also have nothing to do at home.”

《COURT!》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 19:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài shuō le

再说了

“Besides,”

wǒ gōng gōng pó po zài jiā yě méi shì gàn ya CURRENT FOCUS

我 公公婆婆 在家 也 没事干 呀

“my in-laws also have nothing to do at home.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn xíng

真行

“Seriously.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: JUSTIFICATION
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It makes total sense for them to do it since they are idle at home.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Intergenerational Domestic Support

In Chinese households, retired grandparents are commonly expected to support adult children with chores and babysitting, though assumptions about their free time can create friction.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #rationalization #domestic_duty #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
没事干 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have nothing to do; to be idle

Common spoken idiom used to describe someone having idle time, often used as justification for assigning chores.

公公婆婆 SPOKEN CHUNK

parents-in-law (husband's parents)

Standard conversational kinship term for a woman's father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while treating the stated situation as an obvious, self-evident fact.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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