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《Light to the Night》 S1·E16 (23:01) HSK 7
zhēn de bǐ mó guǐ dōu hái nán chán

真的比魔鬼都还难缠

“were harder to deal with than any demon.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 23:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hé jǐng guān shuō jù bù hǎo tīng de huà xú jiā fù nǚ

何警官 说句不好听的话 徐家父女

“Officer He, to be frank, those two”

zhēn de bǐ mó guǐ dōu hái nán chán CURRENT FOCUS

真的 比 魔鬼 都还 难缠

“were harder to deal with than any demon.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dāng nián nà ge shān nán zhèng fǔ qiān tóu hǎn wǒ men lǚ xíng shè gēn tā zhè ge jǐng qū

当年那个山难 政府牵头喊我们旅行社跟他这个景区

“Back then, after the mountain accident, the government had the travel agency and the scenic area”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: EXASPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Venting to Authorities

In grassroots disputes in China, parties often use vivid, emotional exaggerations to justify their own stance and win sympathy from investigating officials.

INTENT TAGS: #denunciation #complaint #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
难缠 SPOKEN CHUNK

hard to deal with; troublesome; demanding

Used to describe people who are extremely persistent, unreasonable, or sticky in a dispute.

比……都还 SPOKEN CHUNK

even more ... than ...

An emphatic comparative pattern used to exaggerate an extreme negative trait.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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