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《My Destiny》 S1·E16 (12:54) HSK 6
nà nǐ jiù hǎo hǎo dǎ gōng zhèng qián ma gòu chī gòu hē jiù xíng le

那你就好好打工挣钱嘛 够吃够喝就行了

“Then you should just work hard and live steadily.”

《My Destiny》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 12:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù yí gè rén lái shēn zhèn le

就一个人来深圳了

“So I came to Shenzhen alone.”

nà nǐ jiù hǎo hǎo dǎ gōng zhèng qián ma gòu chī gòu hē jiù xíng le CURRENT FOCUS

那你 就好 好 打工 挣钱嘛 够吃够喝 就行了

“Then you should just work hard and live steadily.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gǎo nà me dà mǎi mài yòu méi dé běn qián nǐ shì gǎo nǎ ge

搞那么大买卖 又没得本钱 你是搞哪个

“Running such a big business without capital? This is too risky.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: ADVISING PRUDENCE
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be practical and stop taking unnecessary risks when you don't have the means.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Contentment (知足常乐)

Traditional working-class Chinese advice often prioritizes stable survival and modest living over risky entrepreneurial ambition, especially when family capital is low.

INTENT TAGS: #advising #prudence #grounding #persuasion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
好好打工 SPOKEN CHUNK

work diligently as an employee

Used when encouraging someone to keep their head down and focus on steady wage labor rather than entrepreneurship.

够吃够喝 SPOKEN CHUNK

enough to get by / having basic sustenance covered

A common colloquial idiom describing a modest lifestyle where basic survival needs are comfortably met.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the advice as obvious common sense that the listener ought to understand.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Signals fulfillment of conditions in '就行了', indicating that meeting the bare minimum is entirely sufficient.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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