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《Mama Go!》 S1·E20 (20:35) HSK 2
zán bù néng yī cuò zài cuò le hǎo ma

咱不能一错再错了好吗

“We can't keep making mistakes, okay?”

《Mama Go!》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 20:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà nǐ zuò zhè jiàn shì bù yě shì cuò de ma

那你做这件事不也是错的吗

“isn't what you're doing now also wrong?”

zán bù néng yī cuò zài cuò le hǎo ma CURRENT FOCUS

咱 不能 一错再错 了 好吗

“We can't keep making mistakes, okay?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zán yě xià bù qù shǒu duì ba

咱也下不去手对吧

“We can't bring ourselves to do it, right?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PERSUADING
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop this now before we cross a line we can never come back from.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Inclusive 'Zan' (咱)

Using the inclusive first-person pronoun '咱' creates solidarity and softens confrontation, framing the crisis as a shared dilemma rather than pure blame.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #pleading #intervention #reconciliation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
一错再错 SPOKEN CHUNK

repeat mistakes / persist in errors

A set idiomatic phrase describing compounding bad choices upon previous ones.

好吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

okay? / all right?

Used at the end of a request to soften the directive and solicit compliance gently.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Denotes an escalation or ongoing continuation of a bad state that needs to stop.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a tag question asking for the interlocutor's agreement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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