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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E32 (27:58) HSK 7
jiǎ zhuāng zì jǐ zài gōng zuò

假装自己在工作

“pretending you're working.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 27:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tiān tiān zuò zài zhè lǐ

天天坐在这里

“You sit here every day,”

jiǎ zhuāng zì jǐ zài gōng zuò CURRENT FOCUS

假装自己在工作

“pretending you're working.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái zi xué xiào nǐ qù guò jǐ cì

孩子学校你去过几次

“How many times have you been to our kids' school?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: ACCUSING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are just hiding behind your desk to escape raising our child.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Division of Labor

Chinese marital friction often centers on one partner, typically the father, using work hours to deflect responsibility for intense academic tracking.

INTENT TAGS: #accusation #calling_out #resentment #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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假装 SPOKEN CHUNK

to pretend; to feign

Frequently combined with an action clause to expose insincere behavior.

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