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《Road to Success》 S1·E29 (09:40) HSK 5
xiàng tā zhè yàng shuǐ xìng yáng huā de nǚ rén yě zhí de nǐ men zhè me fù chū

像她这样水性杨花的女人 也值得你们这么付出

“Is a debauched woman like her truly worthy of all your efforts?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 09:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lái

来

“Come on!”

xiàng tā zhè yàng shuǐ xìng yáng huā de nǚ rén yě zhí de nǐ men zhè me fù chū CURRENT FOCUS

像她 这样 水性杨花 的女人 也 值得 你们这么付出

“Is a debauched woman like her truly worthy of all your efforts?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài shuō yī biàn

再说一遍

“Say it again, I dare you!”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PROVOKING
Tone: PROVOCATIVE
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are fools for defending someone so morally questionable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Slut-Shaming via Idioms

The idiom 'shui xing yang hua' originates from traditional Chinese morality to judge women's fidelity harshly, carrying significant defamatory weight in modern conflicts.

INTENT TAGS: #shaming #provocation #ridicule #belittling
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
水性杨花 SPOKEN CHUNK

fickle, promiscuous, or unfaithful (specifically of women)

A highly derogatory traditional idiom used to slut-shame or criticize a woman's character.

也值得 SPOKEN CHUNK

is it even worth; hardly worth

Rhetorical construction challenging whether someone or something warrants specific effort or sacrifice.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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