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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E14 (01:20) HSK 2
bù néng shuǐ xǐ shén me yī fú bù néng zhān shuǐ a zhǐ hú de

不能水洗 什么衣服不能沾水啊 纸糊的

“You can't wash it with water. What kind of clothes can't get wet? Is it made of paper?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 01:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ bié zhuāi wǒ zhè ge yī fú wǒ zhè ge yī fú zāng le kě má fán le

你别拽我这个衣服 我这个衣服脏了 可麻烦了

“Don't pull on my clothes. If this gets dirty, it'll be a hassle.”

bù néng shuǐ xǐ shén me yī fú bù néng zhān shuǐ a zhǐ hú de CURRENT FOCUS

不能 水洗 什么 衣服 不能 沾水啊 纸糊的

“You can't wash it with water. What kind of clothes can't get wet? Is it made of paper?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yáng róng dǒng bù dǒng mā jiě

“It's cashmere. Do you know what that is? Mom, Ju.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: RIDICULING
Tone: SARCASTIC AND MOCKING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop acting so fancy and fragile; clothes are meant to be washed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatism vs. Luxury Goods

Older or more traditional generations in China often view high-maintenance items like dry-clean-only cashmere as impractical extravagances, reacting with playful scorn.

INTENT TAGS: #ridiculing #dismissal #sarcasm #hyperbole
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
纸糊的 SPOKEN CHUNK

made of paper; flimsy; fragile

Used figuratively in colloquial Chinese to mock someone or something that seems absurdly delicate.

沾水 SPOKEN CHUNK

to touch water; to get wet

A common everyday verb-object phrase referring to contact with moisture or water.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question while signaling mild incredulity or exasperation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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