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《Light to the Night》 S1·E21 (21:20) HSK 7
nǐ dōu fān lái fù qù suàn nà me jǐ gè dì fāng

你都翻来覆去算那么几个地方

“You keep running it on the same few places.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 21:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài yòng tè léi mò suàn fǎ suàn tā jǐ gè lái huí hái suàn ?

再用特雷莫算法 算他几个来回 还算?

“Run the Tremaux algorithm a few more times. Again?”

nǐ dōu fān lái fù qù suàn nà me jǐ gè dì fāng CURRENT FOCUS

你都 翻来覆去 算那么几个地方

“You keep running it on the same few places.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dōu yǐ jīng sī wéi gù huà le

都已经思维固化了

“You're just going in circles.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're going in circles and wasting time on the exact same spots; give it a rest.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Critique among Close Peers

In Chinese collaborative contexts, close peers or partners often forgo polite hedging and bluntly point out each other's methodological dead ends to push progress.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #pointing_out_flaws #impatience
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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翻来覆去 SPOKEN CHUNK

repeatedly; over and over again

Use this idiom to describe doing an action repeatedly or tossing and turning in bed, often with a nuance of pointlessness or restlessness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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