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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E13 (35:58) HSK 2
nǐ bù néng jì yào yòu yào hái yào a

你不能既要又要还要啊

“(You can't have it all.)”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 35:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuí xiǎng de dào xiǎng yào de dōng xī bù dé fù chū dài jià

谁想得到想要的东西 不得付出代价

“(whoever wants something has to pay the price.)”

nǐ bù néng jì yào yòu yào hái yào a CURRENT FOCUS

你 不能 既要又要还要 啊

“(You can't have it all.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bǐ bǐ xǔ yún tiān wǒ zhì shǎo bù yòng tiào qǐ lái bāng lǎo bǎn jiē bāo

比比许云天 我至少不用跳起来帮老板接包

“(Move-in Ready Apartments for Urgent Sale) (Compared to Xu Yuntian,) (at least I don't have to jump to catch my boss's bag.)”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CRITICIZING UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: EXASPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You can't have your cake and eat it too; stop being so greedy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Having It Both Ways (既要又要)

This modern catchphrase became widely popular in Chinese discourse to critique entities or individuals trying to reap all rewards without accepting necessary compromises.

INTENT TAGS: #reality_check #critique #calling_out #advising
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
既要……又要……还要…… SPOKEN CHUNK

wanting this, that, and everything else / trying to have it all

A popular internet-era idiom used to criticize unreasonable greed or unrealistic all-or-nothing mindsets.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional emphasis and advisory urgency to the reminder.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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