《Generation to Generation》 S1·E20 (26:44)
HSK 3
bié rén dōu shì chī rén zuǐ ruǎn
别人都是吃人嘴软
“Others grow soft after eating one's food.”
《Generation to Generation》
S1·E20
TIMECODE: 26:44
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shuō wán nǐ jiù kě yǐ zǒu le
说完你就可以走了
“After you answer, you may leave.”
bié rén dōu shì chī rén zuǐ ruǎn
CURRENT FOCUS
别 人 都是 吃人嘴软
“Others grow soft after eating one's food.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
méi xiǎng dào dào nǐ zhè
没想到到你这
“Yet with you,”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
REPROACHING
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You took what I gave you, yet you still refuse to show me any respect or leniency.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Obligation through Hospitality (人情债)
Accepting food or gifts in Chinese social norms implicitly incurs an emotional or moral obligation to be cooperative and agreeable.
INTENT TAGS:
#reproach
#sarcasm
#social_obligation
#complaint
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
吃人嘴软
SPOKEN CHUNK
beholden to someone whose hospitality one has accepted
Part of the classic idiom '吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短', used when someone is expected to be lenient because they took a favor.
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1 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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