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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E7 (29:50) HSK 7
nǐ jiù shì yī bǎo mǔ bié wǎng lǐ chān huo hǎo ma

你就是一保姆 别往里掺和好吗

“You're just the nanny. Stop meddling, okay?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 29:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù zài yě bú jiàn wǒ le

就再也不见我了

“the children refuse to see me at all.”

nǐ jiù shì yī bǎo mǔ bié wǎng lǐ chān huo hǎo ma CURRENT FOCUS

你 就是 一保姆 别往里 掺和 好吗

“You're just the nanny. Stop meddling, okay?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bà tǎo yàn nǐ bù xǐ huān nǐ nǐ zhī dào ma ná lái ná shén me ya

我爸讨厌你 不喜欢你 你知道吗 拿来 拿什么呀

“My dad hates you. He can't stand you. You know that, right? Hand it over. Hand what over?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: CONDESCENDING
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Know your place; you are just hired help and have no right to meddle in our business.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Social Hierarchy and Boundaries (尊卑界限)

In Chinese household dynamics, hired domestic helpers (保姆) are sometimes bluntly reminded of their outsider status when they overstep into private familial conflicts.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #boundary_setting #dismissal #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就是一 SPOKEN CHUNK

merely a / nothing more than a

A spoken pattern used to belittle or minimize someone's importance or role.

往里掺和 SPOKEN CHUNK

to meddle or poke one's nose into something

Commonly used in informal speech to tell someone firmly to stay out of a situation.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Used here sarcastically in rhetorical tag questions ('好吗') to command rather than genuinely ask.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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