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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E10 (12:50) HSK 3
nǐ hòu miàn zài wǎng xià xiě de huà huì chī lì bù tǎo hǎo

你后面再往下写的话 会吃力不讨好

“it'll be thankless for you to keep writing later.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 12:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shēng pà yǐ hòu rú guǒ tā hái shì zhè me zhēn duì nǐ

我生怕以后 如果他还是这么针对你

“I'm worried that if he keeps targeting you like this,”

nǐ hòu miàn zài wǎng xià xiě de huà huì chī lì bù tǎo hǎo CURRENT FOCUS

你 后面 再往下写的话 会 吃力不讨好

“it'll be thankless for you to keep writing later.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zhǐ shì zài shàn yì dì tí xǐng nǐ

“I'm only reminding you out of goodwill.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: GIVING WARNING
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: CAUTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop writing this right now, or you're going to face serious pushback and get nothing out of it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Deterrence in Workplace Politics

In Chinese workplaces, direct confrontation or orders to stop a project are often masked as 'well-meaning reminders' (善意提醒) about the personal cost to the worker.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #discouragement #veiled_threat #advice
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
往下写 SPOKEN CHUNK

to continue writing / to write further on

The pattern '往下 + Verb' means to continue doing an action further down a sequence (e.g., 往下说 keep talking, 往下看 keep reading).

吃力不讨好 SPOKEN CHUNK

to do a thankless task / arduous but unappreciated

A very common four-character idiom used to describe putting in a lot of hard work only to receive criticism or no gratitude in return.

Modal Particle「的话」 (dehua) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a conditional clause ('if...'), setting up the hypothetical scenario of continuing to write.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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