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《About Love》 S1·E23 (43:39) HSK 4
bú shì nǐ xiān guǎn hǎo nǐ zì jǐ xíng ma

不是你先管好你自己行吗

“Mind your own business first, okay?”

《About Love》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 43:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kě bù néng ràng tā shāng le xīn a

“You can't let her get hurt.”

bú shì nǐ xiān guǎn hǎo nǐ zì jǐ xíng ma CURRENT FOCUS

不是你 先 管好你自己 行吗

“Mind your own business first, okay?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ duì lǐ xiǎo xī yòu zěn me yàng ne

你对李晓兮又怎么样呢

“What do you know about Li Xiaoxi?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: REBUFFING ADVICE
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Mind your own business and fix yourself before lecturing me!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Interpersonal Boundary Setting

Close friends or partners frequently cross boundaries by offering unsolicited advice on dating, which often provokes defensive boundary-pushing retorts like '管好你自己'.

INTENT TAGS: #retaliation #boundary_setting #dismissal #defensiveness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
先管好你自己 SPOKEN CHUNK

mind your own business first / look at yourself first

A sharp, blunt retort used to fend off unwanted criticism or meddling from peers.

行吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

can you / is that okay

Appended to requests or imperatives, often delivering an exasperated or demanding edge rather than genuine inquiry.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Transforms the imperative into a rhetorical, exasperated demand for compliance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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