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《Go Ahead》 S1·E7 (17:27) HSK 6
zi qiū jiù shì shuō huà bù guò nǎo zi

子秋就是说话不过脑子

“Ziqiu didn't mean to hurt you,”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 17:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN děng yí xià

等一下

“Wait!”

zi qiū jiù shì shuō huà bù guò nǎo zi CURRENT FOCUS

子秋 就是 说话不过脑子

“Ziqiu didn't mean to hurt you,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ bié wǎng xīn lǐ qù

你别往心里去

“so don't take it to heart.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: MAKING EXCUSES
Tone: PLACATING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please don't be offended; he blurted it out without thinking.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mediation and Smoothing Over Conflict (Yuan Chang)

In Chinese social interaction, third parties frequently step in to attribute offensive words to carelessness, preserving harmony and saving face for both sides.

INTENT TAGS: #mitigation #excusing #peacemaking #face_saving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
说话不过脑子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to speak without thinking / to speak recklessly

A very common colloquial idiom used to excuse blunt, thoughtless, or unintentionally offensive remarks.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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