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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9 (29:33) HSK 2
tā men jiā jiù méi ān shēng guò

他们家就没安生过

“their family hasn't known peace.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 29:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bèi nà ge yā tou kè sǐ zhī hòu

“died because of Changyu's bad luck,”

tā men jiā jiù méi ān shēng guò CURRENT FOCUS

他们家 就没安生过

“their family hasn't known peace.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tīng shuō ya tā nà zhuì xù shāng dé bù qīng

“I heard her matrilocal husband was badly hurt.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: GOSSIPING
Tone: JUDGMENTAL
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“That family is a magnet for trouble and never sees a peaceful day.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Neighborhood Gossip and Superstition

In traditional Chinese communities, a family's recurrent misfortunes are often attributed to bad omens or family members carrying misfortune, becoming public fodder for moralizing gossip.

INTENT TAGS: #gossiping #criticizing #judgment #evaluating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
安生 SPOKEN CHUNK

peaceful; free from trouble

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe people or households living calmly without drama or unrest.

就没……过 SPOKEN CHUNK

has never experienced... even once

A useful construction to emphatically state that an ongoing negative condition has never ceased.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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