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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E14 (14:44) HSK 2
shuō chū qù diū sǐ rén le hǎo le

说出去丢死人了 好了

“It's humiliating if word gets out. Alright.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 14:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ lián qīn qī jiā de qián dōu bù hái

“You won't even pay back your relatives.”

shuō chū qù diū sǐ rén le hǎo le CURRENT FOCUS

说出去 丢死人了 好了

“It's humiliating if word gets out. Alright.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dà bù liǎo bǎ niú yáng mài le

大不了把牛羊卖了

“Worst case, we sell the livestock.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: SHUTTING DOWN ARGUMENT
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop bringing this up, it is deeply embarrassing and I don't want to hear another word.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mianzi (Face-saving) in Family Finances

Owing money to relatives is viewed as a severe breach of trust and family honor, making public knowledge of it intensely humiliating.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #face_saving #dismissal #silencing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说出去 SPOKEN CHUNK

if word gets out; to speak of this to outsiders

Commonly used when warning against spreading embarrassing or confidential domestic issues.

丢死人了 SPOKEN CHUNK

extremely humiliating; mortifying

A highly colloquial exaggeration used to express intense social embarrassment.

好了 SPOKEN CHUNK

alright; that is enough

Used bluntly to terminate an ongoing argument or silence the other person.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the extreme state of humiliation in '丢死人了' and signals abrupt closure in '好了'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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