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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E30 (04:20) HSK 7
nǐ bú yào zài wèi zì jǐ xǐ xīn yàn jiù de xíng wéi zhǎo jiè kǒu

你不要再为自己 喜新厌旧的行为找借口

“Stop making excuses for tossing the old for the new.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 04:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yì rán xuǎn zé le lí hūn

毅然选择了离婚

“I decided to divorce.”

nǐ bú yào zài wèi zì jǐ xǐ xīn yàn jiù de xíng wéi zhǎo jiè kǒu CURRENT FOCUS

你不要 再为 自己 喜新厌旧 的行为 找借口

“Stop making excuses for tossing the old for the new.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN àn zhào nǐ de luó jí

按照你的逻辑

“By your logic,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ACCUSING
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop pretending your divorce was justified; you are just fickle and selfish.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Accountability in Marriage

Traditional Chinese morality heavily condemns 'xixin yanjiu' (discarding an old partner for a newer, younger one) as a grave moral failing rather than simple incompatibility.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #calling_out #moral_condemnation #accusation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
喜新厌旧 SPOKEN CHUNK

fond of the new and tired of the old; fickle in affection

A common 4-character idiom used pejoratively to describe infidelity or rapidly abandoning old things/partners for new ones.

找借口 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make excuses / to look for an excuse

Used to call out someone attempting to justify unjustified or wrong actions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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