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《The Guilty》 S1·E2 (23:24) HSK 6
nǐ gēn tā yī bān jiàn shí gàn má shén me dōng xī

你跟她一般见识干嘛 什么东西

“Why bother with her? She's nothing.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 23:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

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

哥

“Kai.”

nǐ gēn tā yī bān jiàn shí gàn má shén me dōng xī CURRENT FOCUS

你跟她 一般见识 干嘛 什么东西

“Why bother with her? She's nothing.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ná gēn xiāng yān chī chī

拿根香烟吃吃

“Give me a smoke.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: DISMISSING CONFLICT
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't let her get to you; she is completely beneath your attention.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face by Devaluing the Opponent

In Chinese social interaction, advising someone not to stoop to an opponent's level serves as a tactical face-saving mechanism, framing restraint as superiority rather than defeat.

INTENT TAGS: #comforting #belittling_opponent #deescalation #solidarity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一般见识 SPOKEN CHUNK

to lower oneself to someone's level or take offense at an inferior person

Commonly paired with '别跟...' or '干嘛跟...' to urge someone not to squabble with someone deemed petty or beneath them.

什么东西 SPOKEN CHUNK

what a joke / who does she think she is (contemptuous slur)

A highly informal, derogatory rhetorical question used to express extreme contempt toward someone's character or status.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question while marking the speaker's viewpoint as obvious and self-evident.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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