《Mama Go!》 S1·E20 (24:25)
HSK 6
kě shì hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe ya
可是好死不如赖活着呀
“But where there's life, there's hope.”
《Mama Go!》
S1·E20
TIMECODE: 24:25
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
gèng yǒu yì yì
更有意义
“more meaningful.”
kě shì hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe ya
CURRENT FOCUS
可是 好死不如赖活着 呀
“But where there's life, there's hope.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ ěr duǒ a
我耳朵啊
“My ears...”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
COUNTERING
Tone:
PERSUASIVE
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Secular Pragmatism Towards Survival
This traditional saying encapsulates a deeply rooted, pragmatic Chinese view that prioritizes enduring existence over abstract notions of glorious or meaningful death.
INTENT TAGS:
#persuasion
#proverb
#counter_argument
#survival
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
好死不如赖活着
SPOKEN CHUNK
a bad life is better than a good death / better to live on at all costs
A quintessential colloquial proverb invoked to advise someone to cling to life no matter how harsh the hardships.
Modal Particle「呀」 (ya)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the counterargument while urgently emphasizing the speaker's emotional plea.
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2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《Mama Go!》 S1·E20 (24:25) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus