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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E1 (11:29) HSK 2
bù néng gěi nín jiā zhāo huì qì a

不能给您家招晦气啊

“I can't bring bad luck to your home.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 11:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ bèi wǒ jiā qù

你背我家去

“Carry him to my house.”

bù néng gěi nín jiā zhāo huì qì a CURRENT FOCUS

不能 给您家招 晦气 啊

“I can't bring bad luck to your home.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā wàn yī yào shì sǐ le

他万一要是死了

“What if he dies?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REFUSING A REQUEST
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I cannot take the blame if he dies in your house.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Huiqi (Spiritual Inauspiciousness)

Traditional taboos dictate that dying outsiders or death-related calamities should not cross into a domestic threshold, as it is believed to curse the family.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #superstition #pretext #self_protection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
招晦气 SPOKEN CHUNK

invite bad luck or jinx someone

A traditional colloquial idiom used to describe actions believed to bring spiritual misfortune, death, or severe ill will.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the refusal while adding a touch of earnest, pleading justification.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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