《Born with Luck》 S1·E13 (05:55)
HSK 3
fàng zhe zì jǐ de huó er bù gàn
放着自己的活儿不干
“Dropping our own case to go play assistant”
《Born with Luck》
S1·E13
TIMECODE: 05:55
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè jiù néng lā huó er le
这就能拉活儿了
“Now we can take passengers.”
fàng zhe zì jǐ de huó er bù gàn
CURRENT FOCUS
放着 自己的 活儿 不干
“Dropping our own case to go play assistant”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
gěi bié rén dǎ xià shǒu
给别人打下手
“for someone else?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
CRITICIZING
Tone:
CRITICAL
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you wasting your time doing someone else's chores when you haven't finished your own?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Prioritization in Labor
In working-class Chinese culture, minding one's own livelihood (活儿) comes first; assisting others at the expense of one's own income or duties is seen as naive or foolish.
INTENT TAGS:
#criticism
#disapproval
#reproach
#questioning
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
放着
SPOKEN CHUNK
leaving aside / neglecting
Commonly used before a responsibility or resource to criticize someone for ignoring what is readily available or urgent.
自己的活儿
SPOKEN CHUNK
one's own job/chores
A colloquial Beijing-flavored term for one's assigned tasks or livelihood work.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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