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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (01:48) HSK 7
bié tiān tiān gēn lǎo suàn pán xué nà ge wā jué hù fén de shì

别天天跟老算盘 学那个挖绝户坟的事

“Stop going to Old Abacus to learn digging up graves of families with no heirs.”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 01:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xué zhe diǎn dào shǒu dōu shì huó

“Watch and learn. Whatever job comes your way, you do it right.”

bié tiān tiān gēn lǎo suàn pán xué nà ge wā jué hù fén de shì CURRENT FOCUS

别 天天 跟老算盘 学 那个 挖绝户坟 的事

“Stop going to Old Abacus to learn digging up graves of families with no heirs.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gē a

哥啊

“Brother.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: GIVING UNSOLICITED ADVICE
Tone: STERN
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop learning underhanded, morally bankrupt tricks from that old crook.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Juehu (Lineage Extinction) Taboo

In traditional Chinese cosmology, targeting or harming those with no male descendants ('juehu') is viewed as the ultimate taboo that destroys personal and family karma.

INTENT TAGS: #moral_warning #reproach #preventing_corruption #setting_boundaries
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
挖绝户坟 SPOKEN CHUNK

desecrating heirless graves; extremely wicked and unethical acts

A harsh idiomatic idiom describing wicked acts that leave no line of retreat or target the defenseless.

学那个 SPOKEN CHUNK

copying that kind of thing

Used colloquially to express disdain toward mimicking someone else's bad habits.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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