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《The Lead》 S1·E12 (18:01) HSK 7
zì jǐ cā kāo zi qù nǐ de shǐ wǒ cā bù gàn jìng ne

自己擦尻子去 你的屎 我擦不干净呢

“clean up your own mess! I can't clean it up for you!”

《The Lead》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 18:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qǐ lái

起来

“And”

zì jǐ cā kāo zi qù nǐ de shǐ wǒ cā bù gàn jìng ne CURRENT FOCUS

自己 擦尻子 去 你的屎 我 擦不干净 呢

“clean up your own mess! I can't clean it up for you!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hú sān yuán

胡三元

“Hu Sanyuan!”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REFUSING RESPONSIBILITY
Tone: COARSE AND DISMISSIVE
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Fix your own mess; I am completely done bailing you out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cleaning up messes (擦屁股/擦尻子)

In Chinese culture, cleaning up someone else's metaphorical feces signifies bearing the burden of a reckless relative's mistakes, often leading to familial resentment.

INTENT TAGS: #rejection #confrontation #refusal #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
擦尻子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to clean up someone's mess; to wipe one's rear end

A dialectal and vulgar metaphor equivalent to cleaning up someone's trouble or resolving a sticky problem.

擦不干净 SPOKEN CHUNK

unable to clean up completely

Used metaphorically to indicate that an issue or scandal is too messy to fix.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the speaker's stubborn assertion and unwillingness to comply.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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