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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E25 (24:52) HSK 5
nǐ shì méi zhǎng shǒu hái shì méi zhǎng tuǐ ya

你是没长手 还是没长腿呀

“Do you have no hands and legs?”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 24:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù hǎo chī

不好吃

“Doesn't taste good.”

nǐ shì méi zhǎng shǒu hái shì méi zhǎng tuǐ ya CURRENT FOCUS

你是 没长手 还是 没长腿 呀

“Do you have no hands and legs?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lā jī bú huì dào a zhēn bǎ wǒ dàng chéng lǎo mā zi le

“Can't you take the trash out? You think I'm your maid?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REBUKING
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are fully capable, stop being so lazy and do it yourself!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Domestic Entitlement and Resentment

Using sarcastic body-part idioms like '没长手没长腿' is a common, culturally recognizable trope used by family members to protest unequal burdens of domestic labor.

INTENT TAGS: #scolding #sarcasm #exasperation #criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
没长手 SPOKEN CHUNK

as if you don't have hands (lazy)

A colloquial sarcastic idiom used when someone expects to be waited on hand and foot.

没长腿 SPOKEN CHUNK

as if you don't have legs (immobile/lazy)

Paired frequently with '没长手' to scold someone who refuses to get up and fetch something.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds sharp, exasperated emphasis to the sarcastic alternative question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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