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《Go Ahead》 S1·E28 (03:09) HSK 4
nǐ zì jǐ bù jiù kāi jiā yóu zhàn de ma

你自己不就开 加油站的吗

“Don't you run a gas station yourself?”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 03:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ hái xū yào wǒ gěi nǐ jiā yóu dǎ qì a

“You need me to refuel your car?”

nǐ zì jǐ bù jiù kāi jiā yóu zhàn de ma CURRENT FOCUS

你 自己 不就开 加油 站的吗

“Don't you run a gas station yourself?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men quán jiā rén bù dōu lǎo dào nǐ nà ér jiā yóu ma

我们全家人 不都老到你那儿加油吗

“Doesn’t our whole family always go to your place to refuel?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: HUMOROUS RETORT
Tone: HUMOROUS
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You don't need a pep talk from me—you can motivate yourself.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pun on Jiayou (加油)

The phrase 'jiayou' literally means 'add oil/fuel' but figuratively means 'cheer up' or 'keep fighting'; Chinese speakers love making witty puns linking gas stations with morale boosting.

INTENT TAGS: #pun #teasing #wordplay #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不就 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it simply; don't you just

Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize an obvious, indisputable fact.

加油站 SPOKEN CHUNK

gas station

Literally 'refueling station', commonly used punitively with the emotional encouragement idiom 'jiayou'.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question expecting obvious agreement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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