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《Mama Go!》 S1·E12 (04:31) HSK 1
jiāng cuò jiù cuò shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu shì ba

将错就错 顺水推舟是吧

“just roll with the mistake and go with the flow, right?”

《Mama Go!》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 04:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rán hòu zán men jiù

然后咱们就

“And then we can just...”

jiāng cuò jiù cuò shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

将错就错 顺水推舟 是吧

“just roll with the mistake and go with the flow, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yě kě yǐ

也可以

“That works too.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: INTEREST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“So you mean we should just play dumb and ride this wave to our advantage?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Flexibility (Yingbian)

Chinese problem-solving often values tactful adaptation to circumstances over rigid adherence to absolute rules, turning mistakes into opportunities.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #strategy #opportunism #confirmation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
将错就错 SPOKEN CHUNK

to leave a mistake uncorrected and make the best of it; play along with an error

A common idiom used when someone decides to capitalize on an accidental blunder rather than fix it.

顺水推舟 SPOKEN CHUNK

to push the boat along with the current; to go with the flow; to take advantage of an opportunity

Used when adopting a convenient course of action that aligns effortlessly with existing circumstances.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical confirmation question, seeking agreement from the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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