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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E17 (41:27) HSK 7
gàn má hái yào zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo de zài qù huò hài xià yí dài

干吗还要张牙舞爪的 再去祸害下一代

“Why are they so eager to mess up the next one?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 41:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà liǎng biān de diē mā yě shì yǐ jīng yǎng fèi yí dài le

“And both sets of parents too. They've failed one generation.”

gàn má hái yào zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo de zài qù huò hài xià yí dài CURRENT FOCUS

干吗还 要 张牙舞爪 的 再去 祸害 下一代

“Why are they so eager to mess up the next one?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN quán jiā shàng shàng xià xià chú le nà ge tǎng zài yīng ér chē lǐ chuān zhǐ niào kù de

全家上上下下 除了那个躺在婴儿车里 穿纸尿裤的

“In that whole family, excluding the baby in diapers in the stroller,”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: HARSH CRITICISM
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They already ruined their own kids; they need to back off and stop ruining their grandkids too!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Intergenerational Parenting Conflict (Ge Dai Jiao Yu)

In China, grandparents often play a massive role in raising grandchildren, which frequently sparks fierce resentment regarding over-spoiling and boundary-crossing.

INTENT TAGS: #condemnation #venting #mockery #blaming
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
张牙舞爪 SPOKEN CHUNK

baring fangs and brandishing claws; acting aggressively or domineeringly

An idiom used figuratively in daily speech to mock someone who is being overly aggressive, bossy, or intimidating.

祸害 SPOKEN CHUNK

to ruin; to bring disaster to; to harm

Strong colloquial verb used to accuse someone of ruining or corrupting a person or thing.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Attached after the four-character idiom to turn it into an adverbial vivid description of manner.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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