《About Love》 S1·E20 (38:47)
HSK 6
yòng dé zhe nǐ zhè me méi rì méi yè dì xīn kǔ ma
用得着你这么没日没夜地辛苦吗
“would you have to work day and night like this?”
《About Love》
S1·E20
TIMECODE: 38:47
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
tā yǒu běn shì
他有本事
“If he was capable,”
yòng dé zhe nǐ zhè me méi rì méi yè dì xīn kǔ ma
CURRENT FOCUS
用得着你 这么 没日没夜地辛苦 吗
“would you have to work day and night like this?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ kàn kàn nǐ xiàn zài
你看看你现在
“Look at you.”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
SCOLDING WITH CARE
Tone:
REPROACHFUL
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are killing yourself working like this, and it breaks my heart—please stop.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Affection through Blame (Ai Zhi Shen, Ze Zhi Qie)
In Chinese close relationships, deep concern and care for someone's well-being is frequently communicated through scolding or blaming rather than gentle coddling.
INTENT TAGS:
#caring_reproach
#rhetorical_question
#distress
#dissuasion
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
用得着
SPOKEN CHUNK
is it really necessary?; need to
Often used rhetorically in negative contexts to question the necessity or justification of an action.
没日没夜
SPOKEN CHUNK
day and night without stopping; around the clock
A vivid four-character idiom describing relentless, non-stop labor or activity.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the sentence into an emphatic rhetorical question challenging the listener's behavior.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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