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《The Truth》 S1·E29 (22:28) HSK 7
sào bǎ xīng shuí yù dào shuí dǎo méi

扫把星 谁遇到谁倒霉

“Jinx! Bad luck to meet you!”

《The Truth》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 22:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiàn zài bù ràng nǐ zǒu yǐ jīng hěn duì de qǐ nǐ le
现在不让你走 已经很对得起你了 →

“Not kicking you out right now is already showing you mercy.”

sào bǎ xīng shuí yù dào shuí dǎo méi CURRENT FOCUS

扫把星 谁遇到谁倒霉

“Jinx! Bad luck to meet you!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī duī lā jī

一堆垃圾

“What a pile of trash!”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: INSULTING
Tone: SPITEFUL
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Saobaxing (The Jinx Superstition)

Historically tied to comets viewed as ominous portents, calling someone a 'broom star' (扫把星) is an intense personal insult that shifts blame for surrounding misfortunes entirely onto the target.

INTENT TAGS: #scapegoating #insult #degradation #superstition
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
扫把星 SPOKEN CHUNK

jinx; harbinger of bad luck

Literally 'broom star' (comet); used as a derogatory term for someone believed to bring misfortune to those around them.

谁遇到谁倒霉 SPOKEN CHUNK

whoever runs into them suffers bad luck

A parallel structure (谁...谁...) expressing that an outcome is universally guaranteed for anyone involved.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
这次租房遇到这么个扫把星 真是晦气
《风过留痕》
88% Match
这次租房遇到这么个扫把星 真是晦气
zhè cì zū fáng yù dào zhè me gè sào bǎ xīng zhēn shì huì qì

“Renting to this jinx this time, what terrible luck!”

都被你这个扫把星给扫走了
《蜜语纪》
80% Match
都被你这个扫把星给扫走了
dōu bèi nǐ zhè ge sào bǎ xīng gěi sǎo zǒu le

“Yucheng was meant to have.”

《The Truth》 S1·E29 (22:28) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus