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《Road to Success》 S1·E13 (41:24) HSK 6
shén me jié guǒ yě wú suǒ wèi le nǐ wū yā zuǐ néng bù néng bì shàng

什么结果也无所谓了 你乌鸦嘴能不能闭上

“the results won't matter. Can you shut your jinxed mouth?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 41:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà yào shì yī zhōu zhī hòu wǒ men lián jiào liàn dōu méi le

“If in a week, we don't even have a coach,”

shén me jié guǒ yě wú suǒ wèi le nǐ wū yā zuǐ néng bù néng bì shàng CURRENT FOCUS

什么 结果 也 无所谓了 你 乌鸦嘴 能不能 闭上

“the results won't matter. Can you shut your jinxed mouth?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiào liàn yào bù yào jiè shào yī xià wǒ men jí jiāng yù dào de duì shǒu yào

教练 要不要介绍一下我们 即将遇到的对手 要

“Coach, are you going to introduce the opponents we are about to face? Yes.”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: SCOLDING TABOO SPEECH
Tone: SNAPPY
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop jinxing us, I am already anxious enough as it is!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Taboo of the 'Crow Mouth' (乌鸦嘴)

Chinese culture places significant weight on verbal auspices; voicing catastrophic predictions right before an important event is seen as courting bad luck.

INTENT TAGS: #warding_off_jinx #rebuke #anxiety #silencing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
乌鸦嘴 SPOKEN CHUNK

jinx / harbinger of bad luck

A common colloquial idiom used to rebuke someone who makes negative or inauspicious predictions.

也无所谓了 SPOKEN CHUNK

doesn't matter anymore anyway

Used to express resignation or dismissive indifference toward a situation.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a new state of indifference or finality.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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