MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E3 (35:24) HSK 7
zhè guǎi wān mò jiǎo de běn shì yě gēn wǒ xué de

这拐弯抹角的本事也跟我学的

“Did you learn beating around the bush from me, too?”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 35:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xíng a huà lǐ yǒu huà shì ba zěn me zhe

“Wow, look at you speaking in riddles. What?”

zhè guǎi wān mò jiǎo de běn shì yě gēn wǒ xué de CURRENT FOCUS

这 拐弯抹角 的 本事 也跟我学的

“Did you learn beating around the bush from me, too?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǒu huà zhí shuō nà wǒ shuō le shuō

“Just say it. Alright. Go ahead.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Social & Dating
Function: TEASING
Tone: BANTERING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Cut the sarcasm and just tell me what you really mean.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Communication and Banter (含蓄与调侃)

Pointing out indirect speech via playful accusation is a classic dynamic between close Chinese partners to relieve tension.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #challenging #banter #demanding_directness
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拐弯抹角 SPOKEN CHUNK

beating around the bush / speaking in circles

A very popular four-character idiom used colloquially to call out indirect speech or evasion.

跟我学的 SPOKEN CHUNK

learned it from me

Used in teasing contexts to take credit for someone else's clever or cheeky behavior.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E3 (35:24) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus