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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E31 (29:24) HSK 7
yí gè wán xiào kāi dì èr biàn kě jiù bù líng le

一个玩笑开第二遍可就不灵了

“You can't use the same trick to tease someone.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 29:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gōng sūn xiān shēng

公孙先生

“Mr. Gongsun.”

yí gè wán xiào kāi dì èr biàn kě jiù bù líng le CURRENT FOCUS

一个玩笑开第二遍可就 不灵 了

“You can't use the same trick to tease someone.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi xiǎng dào diàn xià hé lǐ sī mǎ yě zài cǐ

“I didn't expect Your Highness and Discipline Inspector Li to be here.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SUBTLE WARNING
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not push your luck; I see through what you are trying to pull.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Covert Rebuke (Yinwei)

Instead of accusing someone directly of lying, educated speakers often use light metaphors about humor or tricks to save face while delivering a firm boundary.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #seeing_through #hedging #rebuke
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
开玩笑 SPOKEN CHUNK

to crack a joke; to play a trick

A ubiquitous idiom used both for casual humor and metaphorically for disingenuous behavior.

不灵了 SPOKEN CHUNK

no longer works; ineffective

Commonly applied to remedies, excuses, magic, or tricks that fail to yield results.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a change of state, stressing that the trick has ceased to be effective.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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