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《Vanished Name》 S1·E18 (05:50) HSK 4
tā men bù ràng nǐ gào sù wǒ mán tou de shì ér shì pà gěi wǒ tiān má fán

她们不让你告诉我馒头的事儿 是怕给我添麻烦

“They kept the bun thing from me to not trouble me.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 05:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wèi shá bù néng shuō

为啥不能说

“Why can't I tell them?”

tā men bù ràng nǐ gào sù wǒ mán tou de shì ér shì pà gěi wǒ tiān má fán CURRENT FOCUS

她们 不让你 告诉我 馒头的事儿 是怕 给我 添麻烦

“They kept the bun thing from me to not trouble me.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wǒ jiù jiǎ zhuāng bù zhī dào

那我就假装不知道

“I'll pretend not to know.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EXPLAINING INTENT
Tone: PATIENT
Emotion: UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame them for hiding it; they just didn't want to burden me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Fear of Inconveniencing Others (Pa Tian Mafan)

In Chinese culture, people often conceal their own hardships or avoid sharing problems to spare loved ones from stress or obligation.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining #reassurance #defusing_conflict #empathy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
添麻烦 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cause trouble / to burden someone

A standard, highly polite formula in daily life when apologizing for inconveniencing someone or explaining avoidance of burden.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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