《Go Ahead》 S1·E30 (15:50)
HSK 4
zhè yě bù gǎn wèn nà yě bù gǎn tí de
这也不敢问 那也不敢提的
“I was afraid to ask you about everything.”
《Go Ahead》
S1·E30
TIMECODE: 15:50
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jìng shuō liǎng jiā huà
净说两家话
“but I didn't act as I said.”
zhè yě bù gǎn wèn nà yě bù gǎn tí de
CURRENT FOCUS
这也不敢问 那也不敢提 的
“I was afraid to ask you about everything.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhè bù zuò wéi
这不作为
“This is called negligence.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
CRITICIZING INACTION
Tone:
CRITICAL
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are being far too timid and dodging your actual duties.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Critique of Non-action (Bu Zuo Wei)
In Chinese institutional culture, playing it too safe to avoid mistakes is often condemned as passive neglect of duty.
INTENT TAGS:
#criticism
#disapproval
#complaint
#frustration
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
这也不……那也不……
SPOKEN CHUNK
neither this nor that; doing neither one thing nor another
Used to express frustration over someone being overly indecisive, finicky, or excessively cautious.
不敢提
SPOKEN CHUNK
dare not bring up
Commonly used when someone hesitates to raise a sensitive topic or voice an opinion.
Modal Particle「的」 (de)
CHANGE OF STATE
Functions at the end of the clause to give a descriptive, lingering tone of dissatisfaction.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Go Ahead》 S1·E30 (15:50) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus