《Road to Success》 S1·E8 (34:33)
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rén shēng méi yǒu nà me duō jì yào yòu yào
人生没有那么多既要又要
“you can't have your cake and eat it too in life.”
《Road to Success》
S1·E8
TIMECODE: 34:33
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
xiǎo lín lǎo shī
小林老师
“Ms. Lin,”
rén shēng méi yǒu nà me duō jì yào yòu yào
CURRENT FOCUS
人生 没有 那么多 既要又要
“you can't have your cake and eat it too in life.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wáng fǎ jiào liàn rén shēng yě méi yǒu nà me duō dāng jī lì duàn
王法教练 人生也没有那么多当机立断
“Coach Wang Fa, life isn't always about making quick decisions either.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
ADMONISHING AND ADVISING
Tone:
INSTRUCTIVE
Emotion:
CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You can't have your cake and eat it too; stop being greedy and choose.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Trade-offs vs. Greed (既要又要)
The term '既要...又要...' has evolved in modern Chinese discourse to critique unrealistic policy expectations or personal indecisiveness when people refuse to accept trade-offs.
INTENT TAGS:
#life_advice
#realism
#trade_off
#admonition
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
既要又要
SPOKEN CHUNK
wanting to have it both ways / wanting it all
A modern buzzword describing an unrealistic desire to gain multiple conflicting benefits without making compromises.
没有那么多
SPOKEN CHUNK
there aren't that many... in reality
A rhetorical device used to dispel naive illusions about how the world works.
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4 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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