《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E18 (04:27)
HSK 6
ā jiā cái rén （ cái rén dà jiě ） nǐ bú yào wéi nán wǒ ya
阿佳才仁（才仁大姐） 你不要为难我呀
“Ms. Cairen, don't make this hard for me.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E18
TIMECODE: 04:27
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bù guò zài dōng mù chǎng wǒ men qù kàn kàn lái
不过在冬牧场 我们去看看 来
“But it's at the winter pasture. Let's go take a look.”
ā jiā cái rén （ cái rén dà jiě ） nǐ bú yào wéi nán wǒ ya
CURRENT FOCUS
阿佳才仁（才仁大姐） 你不要 为难我 呀
“Ms. Cairen, don't make this hard for me.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
jiā jù shì zuì nán yùn de
家具是最难运的
“Furniture is the hardest to move.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
PLEADING REFUSAL
Tone:
PLEADING
Emotion:
HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please don't force me to do this, it's way beyond what I can handle.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Empathy (讲情面)
Using kinship titles like '大姐' combined with expressing personal difficulty is a standard cultural strategy to gently decline favors without causing direct offense.
INTENT TAGS:
#pleading
#refusal
#boundary_setting
#softening
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
为难
SPOKEN CHUNK
to make things difficult for someone
Commonly used in requests like '别为难我' to ask someone to stop putting pressure on you.
Modal Particle「呀」 (ya)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the plea, adding a sense of urgent entreaty rather than harsh rejection.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E18 (04:27) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus