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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36 (12:27) HSK 5
nǐ hái shì nà ge kāi fàn guǎn de xiǎo shāng rén

你还是那个 开饭馆的小商人

“You're still that small merchant running a restaurant.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 12:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎo féng

小冯

“Feng.”

nǐ hái shì nà ge kāi fàn guǎn de xiǎo shāng rén CURRENT FOCUS

你还是 那个 开饭馆 的小商人

“You're still that small merchant running a restaurant.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè me duō nián yì diǎn jìn bù dōu méi yǒu

“After all these years, you haven't improved a bit.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: BELITTLING
Tone: CONDESCENDING
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think you're important now, but you're still just a low-class nobody.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Social Hierarchy of Occupations (士农工商)

Historically in China, petty traders ranked low in traditional social prestige; mocking someone as an unchanging small merchant attacks their stature and vision.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #condescension #status_assertion #disdain
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
开饭馆 SPOKEN CHUNK

to run a restaurant

Common everyday phrase referring to operating a food establishment.

小商人 SPOKEN CHUNK

petty merchant; small-time trader

Often used pejoratively to imply narrow vision, lack of sophistication, or petty materialism.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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