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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E16 (07:57) HSK 1
nǐ zhè shì hào yì wù láo hào yì wù láo

你这是好逸恶劳 好逸恶劳

“You're being hazy! You mean lazy?”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 07:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ běn zhí gōng zuò nǎ lǐ méi zuò hǎo

“What part of my job have I not done well?”

nǐ zhè shì hào yì wù láo hào yì wù láo CURRENT FOCUS

你这是 好逸恶劳 好逸恶劳

“You're being hazy! You mean lazy?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhè shì bù wù zhèng yè bù hǎo hǎo zài zì jǐ de gōng zuò gǎng wèi shàng

“You're neglecting your duty. Instead of staying at your post”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: MORAL CONDEMNATION
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are an irredeemable slacker who avoids honest labor and expects an easy ride.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Labor Morality in Chinese Culture

Hard work (chi ku nai lao) is considered a cornerstone virtue in traditional and socialist Chinese ethics, making the idiom 'hao yi wu lao' one of the most severe attacks on personal character.

INTENT TAGS: #moral_censure #scolding #condemning #repetition_for_emphasis
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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好逸恶劳 SPOKEN CHUNK

seeking comfort and despising hard work; lazy and indulgent

A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) carrying heavy moral disapproval against laziness and shirking labor.

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