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《The Heir》 S1·E29 (15:05) HSK 1
nà nǐ qǐ bù shì zài zhè ér zì xún fán nǎo ma

那你岂不是在这儿自寻烦恼吗

“Aren't you just asking for trouble here?”

《The Heir》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 15:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè guān jiàn de shì nǐ zěn me xiǎng de ya nǐ lián zì jǐ de xīn sī dōu méi lǚ shùn

这关键的是你怎么想的呀 你连自己的心思都没捋顺

“The point is what you think. You haven't even sorted out your own feelings.”

nà nǐ qǐ bù shì zài zhè ér zì xún fán nǎo ma CURRENT FOCUS

那你 岂不是 在这 儿 自寻烦恼 吗

“Aren't you just asking for trouble here?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ

我

“I...”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: ADMONISHING
Tone: BLUNT
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are torturing yourself for no reason, stop overthinking it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Remedial Advice

Close friends in China often adopt blunt criticism rather than gentle affirmation to snap someone out of emotional deadlock.

INTENT TAGS: #admonishment #rhetorical_question #reality_check #counseling
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
岂不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

wouldn't it be / wouldn't that mean

Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize an obvious and undesirable outcome.

自寻烦恼 SPOKEN CHUNK

borrowing trouble / bringing vexation upon oneself

A four-character idiom describing someone who worries unnecessarily over imagined problems.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question to strengthen the reprimand.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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