《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E2 (36:38)
HSK 5
nà jiù tóu lǘ hái néng huí jiā
那救头驴还能回家
“If you had saved a donkey,”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E2
TIMECODE: 36:38
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ jiù bǎ tā rēng chū qù
我就把他扔出去
“I'll toss him out!”
nà jiù tóu lǘ hái néng huí jiā
CURRENT FOCUS
那救头驴还能回家
“If you had saved a donkey,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
hái néng lā mó ne
还能拉磨呢
“it'd pull the millstone for you.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
MAKING SARCASTIC COMPARISON
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Helping him was a complete waste of time—even an animal would be more useful or grateful.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Ungrateful Beneficiary Satire
Chinese colloquial humor often compares ungrateful or incompetent people unfavorably to beasts of burden like donkeys or dogs to emphasize their lack of reciprocity.
INTENT TAGS:
#sarcasm
#complaining
#ridicule
#comparison
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
那救头驴
SPOKEN CHUNK
even saving a donkey
Used colloquially to set up a vivid, hyperbolic comparison showing how unrewarding a human deed was.
还能回家
SPOKEN CHUNK
can still go back home / has some use
Part of a paired construction emphasizing baseline utility or practical benefit.
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