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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E21 (02:48) HSK 7
wǒ hǎo xīn gěi nǐ zhǎo huó gàn nǐ dào hǎo nǐ fǎn guò lái gēn wǒ yào gāo jià

我好心给你找活干 你倒好 你反过来跟我要高价

“I kindly found you work, and you repay me by demanding a higher price.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 02:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhè rén zěn me néng zhè yàng

你这人怎么能这样

“Yang Xiaohai, how could you do this?”

wǒ hǎo xīn gěi nǐ zhǎo huó gàn nǐ dào hǎo nǐ fǎn guò lái gēn wǒ yào gāo jià CURRENT FOCUS

我 好心 给你 找活干 你倒好 你反 过来 跟我要 高价

“I kindly found you work, and you repay me by demanding a higher price.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bù guǎn nǐ men yǒu shén me gǒu pì guī jǔ wǒ zhè jiù zhǐ yǒu wǔ shí

“I don't care about your rules. Take 50 or leave it. That's all I have.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REBUKING INGRATITUDE
Tone: ACCUSING
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You ungrateful hypocrite, I did you a favor and now you try to rip me off!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Obligation and Ingratitude (En Jiang Chou Bao)

In Chinese interpersonal relations, doing someone a favor creates a moral debt; flipping the situation to exploit the benefactor is viewed as an intolerable breach of ethics.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #rebuking #indignation #moral_leverage
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
好心 SPOKEN CHUNK

good intentions; out of kindness

Use when highlighting that an action was done purely to help someone else.

你倒好 SPOKEN CHUNK

and yet you; look at what you did instead

A colloquial formula used to criticize someone for acting contrary to expectations or displaying ingratitude.

要高价 SPOKEN CHUNK

to demand an exorbitant price; to overcharge

Common in bargaining or commercial disputes to describe price gouging.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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