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《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E13 (41:07) HSK 1
nǐ zhè hái jiào shén me dōu bù gǎn zuò

你这还叫什么都不敢做

“You call this not daring to do anything?”

《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 41:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me dōu bù gǎn zuò de

什么都不敢做的

“I never dared to actually do anything.”

nǐ zhè hái jiào shén me dōu bù gǎn zuò CURRENT FOCUS

你这 还叫什么都不敢做

“You call this not daring to do anything?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zuò shén me le

我做什么了

“What did I do?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING STATEMENT
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop pretending to be helpless; you've already caused plenty of trouble.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Question for Rebuttal (Fanwen)

Chinese speakers frequently counter pretense or false modesty by turning the claim into a rhetorical disbelief question rather than flatly stating 'You are lying'.

INTENT TAGS: #calling_out #confrontation #skepticism #refutation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
还叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

can still be considered / can still be called

A rhetorical device used to reject someone's label or excuse by contrasting it with their actual behavior.

什么都不敢做 SPOKEN CHUNK

not daring to do anything at all

A common hyperbolic phrase denoting extreme passivity or fearfulness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 8 GRAMMAR
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