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《The Knockout》 S1·E38 (15:26) HSK 4
nǐ yǒu jǐ tiáo mìng kě yǐ zuò a xiǎo chén xiàn zài shén me yàng zi

你有几条命可以作啊 晓晨现在什么样子

“Do you know how dangerous it is? Can't you see how reckless”

《The Knockout》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 15:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎo chén gāng cái shuō dé méi cuò wǒ jiù yīng gāi gàn jiǎng tiān

“Xiaochen was right just now. I should take Jiang Tian down!”

nǐ yǒu jǐ tiáo mìng kě yǐ zuò a xiǎo chén xiàn zài shén me yàng zi CURRENT FOCUS

你有 几条命 可以作啊 晓晨现在 什么样子

“Do you know how dangerous it is? Can't you see how reckless”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zì jǐ kàn kàn

你自己看看

“Xiaochen is now?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: FURIOUS AND WARNING
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wake up and stop playing with fire before you get yourself killed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: The concept of 'Zuo' (Courting Disaster)

In northern and contemporary spoken Chinese, 'zuō' refers to self-destructive, disruptive drama that unnecessarily provokes trouble.

INTENT TAGS: #rebuking #warning #venting #dissuading
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有几条命 SPOKEN CHUNK

how many lives do you have (rhetorical expression for being reckless)

Used to scold someone who is taking foolish, life-threatening risks.

可以作 SPOKEN CHUNK

to squander or court disaster

Here '作' (zuō) colloquially refers to acting recklessly and courting trouble.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Heightens emotional intensity and rhetorical exasperation at the end of the rhetorical question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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