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《COURT!》 S1·E20 (12:43) HSK 6
xìng lú de nà liǎng xiōng dì nǎo zi jìn shuǐ le

姓卢的那两兄弟脑子进水了

“Those two Lu brothers must have lost their minds.”

《COURT!》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 12:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ jiǎn zhí shì wǒ ǒu xiàng

你简直是我偶像

“You're my idol.”

xìng lú de nà liǎng xiōng dì nǎo zi jìn shuǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

姓卢的 那 两 兄弟 脑子进水了

“Those two Lu brothers must have lost their minds.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè zhǒng guān sī dōu hǎo yì si chū lái dǎ

“They actually had the nerve to bring a case like this.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CRITICIZING THIRD PARTY
Tone: MOCKING
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Those two are completely out of their minds to pursue this case.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Colloquial Disparagement via Bodily Metaphors

In spoken Chinese, saying someone has 'water in the brain' (脑子进水) is a vivid, widely used colloquial insult denoting total irrationality.

INTENT TAGS: #mockery #criticism #disparagement #disbelief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
脑子进水了 SPOKEN CHUNK

out of one's mind; stupid; brain dead

A highly colloquial, informal idiom used to criticize someone for making an absurd or irrational decision.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a newly realized state or emphatic exclamation about the subject's irrationality.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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