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《My Page in the 90s》 S1·E8 (03:40) HSK 5
kàn lái shì bèi hòu yǒu rén dǎo guǐ a

看来是背后有人捣鬼啊

“Seems like someone's behind this.”

《My Page in the 90s》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 03:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kěn dìng huì zhǔn bèi bèi yòng jì huà de

肯定会准备备用计划的

“have a backup plan ready.”

kàn lái shì bèi hòu yǒu rén dǎo guǐ a CURRENT FOCUS

看来是 背后有人捣鬼 啊

“Seems like someone's behind this.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rú guǒ wǒ néng bāng tā jiě jué zhuān jiā de wèn tí

如果我能帮他解决专家的问题

“(If I can help him solve the expert issue)”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SPECULATING AND ANALYZING
Tone: SPECULATIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Someone is clearly pulling strings against us, which gives me an angle to step in.”
💡 Cultural Insight: dao gui (playing dirty tricks)

Originating from the folk superstition metaphor of ghosts stirring up trouble in secret, in modern Chinese this specifically refers to pulling underhanded schemes, sabotaging, or making trouble behind the scenes.

INTENT TAGS: #speculating causes #discovering sabotage #workplace politics
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
背后有人捣鬼 SPOKEN CHUNK

Someone is playing dirty tricks, causing trouble, or sabotaging behind the scenes.

A highly frequent colloquial idiom, often used when deducing that progress has been hindered by deliberate human interference rather than natural causes.

看来是 SPOKEN CHUNK

It seems that; apparently...

Used to introduce an inference or judgment made by the speaker based on existing facts or clues.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of a sentence to convey sudden realization or an emphatic deductive tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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