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《Road to Success》 S1·E21 (05:30) HSK 4
kāi shén me guó jì wán xiào bú shì shuō hǎo tī xīn péng ma

开什么国际玩笑 不是说好踢鑫鹏吗

“Are you kidding me? Weren't we supposed to play Xinpeng?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 05:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xià yī cháng de bǐ sài duì shǒu huàn chéng yǒng chuān héng jiǔ yǒng chuān héng jiǔ

下一场的比赛对手换成永川恒久 永川恒久

“that our next opponent has been changed to Yongchuan Hengjiu. Yongchuan Hengjiu?”

kāi shén me guó jì wán xiào bú shì shuō hǎo tī xīn péng ma CURRENT FOCUS

开什么国际玩笑 不是说好 踢鑫鹏 吗

“Are you kidding me? Weren't we supposed to play Xinpeng?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xīn péng de tóng xué men bèi lín shí tōng zhī

鑫鹏的同学们被临时通知

“The students of Xinpeng were informed on a short notice”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EXPRESSING DISBELIEF
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have got to be kidding me, this is completely ridiculous and unacceptable!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Out Arbitrary Bureaucracy

The dramatic phrase 'international joke' is commonly deployed in informal Chinese to highlight the sheer absurdity and unfairness of sudden institutional decisions.

INTENT TAGS: #protest #disbelief #confrontation #indignation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
开什么国际玩笑 SPOKEN CHUNK

What kind of ridiculous joke is this? / You've got to be kidding me!

A highly idiomatic colloquial expression used to express utter disbelief or indignation at an absurd situation.

不是说好 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't we agree to / wasn't it promised that

Used to confront someone about breaking an explicit prior arrangement or promise.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question that confronts the listener with a broken commitment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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