《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E16 (12:29)
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tā cún zhe bù yòng fàng zhe yě shì fàng zhe
她存着不用 放着也是放着
“She just kept it in savings, unused. It's just sitting there.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E16
TIMECODE: 12:29
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jiè wǒ jiě de
借我姐的
“I borrowed it from my sister.”
tā cún zhe bù yòng fàng zhe yě shì fàng zhe
CURRENT FOCUS
她 存着不用 放着也是放着
“She just kept it in savings, unused. It's just sitting there.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ xiān ná qù jiù jí ba
你先拿去救急吧
“Take it for your emergency.”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
PERSUADING
Tone:
REASSURING
Emotion:
ENCOURAGEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't feel bad about taking her money; she has plenty of spare cash just sitting in the bank.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Kinship Mutual Financial Assistance
In Chinese families, pooling financial resources to help close relatives through an emergency is standard practice, often justified by pointing out that idle savings serve a better purpose helping kin.
INTENT TAGS:
#persuasion
#reassurance
#rationalization
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
存着不用
SPOKEN CHUNK
to keep in savings without spending
Used to describe money kept idle in a bank account rather than being actively invested or spent.
放着也是放着
SPOKEN CHUNK
it's just sitting idle anyway
A common colloquial justification for borrowing or using someone else's unused assets or goods.
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