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《Vanished Name》 S1·E1 (13:21) HSK 6
shuí ràng nǐ jiào rén tuō yóu píng de nǐ xiān jiào de

谁让你叫人拖油瓶的 你先叫的

“Serves you right. Why did you call her a tagalong? You called her that first.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 13:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tuō yóu píng ná shí tou xuē wǒ nǐ qiàn zòu

“The tagalong hit me with rocks. Serves you right. Why did you call her a tagalong?”

shuí ràng nǐ jiào rén tuō yóu píng de nǐ xiān jiào de CURRENT FOCUS

谁让你 叫人 拖油瓶 的 你 先叫的

“Serves you right. Why did you call her a tagalong? You called her that first.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎo míng

小名

“Xiaoming, I didn't.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE
Tone: ACCUSATORY AND REPRIMANDING
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You brought this on yourself by calling them names first, so don't play the victim.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Stigma of Stepparenting and Tuoyouping

'拖油瓶' (literally 'dragging an oil bottle') is an old derogatory idiom for a child brought into a remarriage, reflecting traditional social prejudices and the delicate tensions within blended families.

INTENT TAGS: #counter_accusation #rebuke #apportioning_blame #justifying_retaliation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
谁让你 SPOKEN CHUNK

who told you to / you shouldn't have

A rhetorical question used to hold someone responsible for the negative consequences of their own actions.

拖油瓶 SPOKEN CHUNK

a child brought into a new marriage by a widow or divorcee (derogatory)

A historically loaded, offensive term referring to stepchildren; should be recognized for its derogatory nature.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions within the shi...de construction to emphasize the agency and past fact of who initiated the action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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