《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E6 (22:32)
HSK 5
zhè qián gàn shén me bù hǎo ya
这钱干什么不好呀
“You could have spent this money on something better.”
《Live up to Your Youth》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 22:32
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
sì shí
四十
“Forty.”
zhè qián gàn shén me bù hǎo ya
CURRENT FOCUS
这钱 干什么不好 呀
“You could have spent this money on something better.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ kě lái le cuī gē
你可来了 崔哥
“You're finally here, Cui.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
LAMENTING WASTEFULNESS
Tone:
CRITICAL
Emotion:
DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“What a waste of money; we could have spent it on something actually useful.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Value of Money
Chinese conversational culture heavily emphasizes spending money practically, and wasting it routinely invites open critique even among casual acquaintances.
INTENT TAGS:
#criticism
#complaint
#regret
#frugality
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
干什么不好
SPOKEN CHUNK
why waste it on this instead of something better
A rhetorical structure expressing strong disapproval of how money, time, or energy is being wasted.
Modal Particle「呀」 (ya)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the rhetorical question while adding a tone of lamentation and emotional exasperation.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E6 (22:32) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus