MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E6 (08:55) HSK 4
nǐ bù dàng jiā bù zhī yán guì

你不当家不知盐贵

“You don't run the house, so you don't know the cost.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 08:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè diǎn yán yǒu shén me shě bù dé de

“Why be stingy over a little salt?”

nǐ bù dàng jiā bù zhī yán guì CURRENT FOCUS

你不当家 不知 盐贵

“You don't run the house, so you don't know the cost.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ā jiě zhū wěi ba hǎo le ma

“Changyu, is the pig tail ready?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Family & Home
Function: REBUKING
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You don't pay the bills, so don't lecture me on being stingy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Household Financial Stewardship

Salt was historically a taxed and precious commodity in China; running a home required strict micro-budgeting, often provoking conflict between providers and dependent family members.

INTENT TAGS: #scolding #frugality #defensiveness #justification
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
当家不知盐贵 SPOKEN CHUNK

not realizing the cost of necessities because one doesn't manage the household

Derived from the proverb '不当家不知柴米贵', used to rebuke someone who takes domestic expenses for granted.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E6 (08:55) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus