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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E20 (34:07) HSK 1
shì nà zhǒng zhī nán ér tuì de rén ma

是那种知难而退的人吗

“is someone who backs down?”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 34:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men de hǎo yùn gē

你们的好运哥

“your Mr. Lucky”

shì nà zhǒng zhī nán ér tuì de rén ma CURRENT FOCUS

是 那种 知难而退 的人 吗

“is someone who backs down?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì

不是

“No.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: RHETORICAL QUESTION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You know very well he would never give up.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Perseverance Culture

Chinese cultural values strongly admire resilience and pressing forward over retreating when encountering hardship.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging_doubt #affirming #rhetorical_inquiry #praise
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
知难而退 SPOKEN CHUNK

to back down in the face of difficulty

A common four-character idiom used to describe retreating or giving up when obstacles arise.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question to prompt agreement or underline obviousness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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