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《The First Jasmine》 S1·E6 (39:14) HSK 4
dàn xiǎng zhǎo má fán de rén yǒng yuǎn yǒu má fán kě zhǎo

但想找麻烦的人 永远有麻烦可找

“But troublemakers will always find a pretext for trouble.”

《The First Jasmine》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 39:14 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dà gài cāi dé dào

大概猜得到

“I can probably guess.”

dàn xiǎng zhǎo má fán de rén yǒng yuǎn yǒu má fán kě zhǎo CURRENT FOCUS

但想 找麻烦 的人 永远有麻烦可找

“But troublemakers will always find a pretext for trouble.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yīn wèi tā men běn shēn jiù shì má fán

因为他们本身就是麻烦

“Because trouble is all they are.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: GENERALIZING CONFLICT
Tone: PHILOSOPHICAL
Emotion: RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“There is no point trying to satisfy them because they will fabricate issues regardless.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Fatalism Toward Human Nature

Reflects a traditional pragmatic Chinese worldview that inherently malicious people cannot be changed through reasoning or appeasement.

INTENT TAGS: #generalization #philosophizing #cynicism #conflict_analysis
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
找麻烦 SPOKEN CHUNK

to look for trouble; to pick a quarrel

A very common colloquial expression used when someone is intentionally being difficult or provocative.

有...可找 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have something available to find/look for

A pattern expressing availability of an object for the preceding verb, similar to '有话可说' (having something to say).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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