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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4 (27:23) HSK 5
nǐ zhè rén jiǎng bù jiǎng dào lǐ shén me jiào wǒ bù jiǎng dào lǐ

你这人讲不讲道理 什么叫我不讲道理

“Do you even make sense? - What do you mean? - Sit down.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 27:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN píng shén me gěi nǐ ya píng shén me bù néng gěi wǒ ya

“Why should it go to you? Why not?”

nǐ zhè rén jiǎng bù jiǎng dào lǐ shén me jiào wǒ bù jiǎng dào lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

你这人 讲不讲道理 什么叫 我不讲道理

“Do you even make sense? - What do you mean? - Sit down.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù jiǎng dào lǐ shì nǐ hǎo bù hǎo

不讲道理是你好不好

“You're the one being unreasonable.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEMANDING JUSTIFICATION
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are the one who is out of line, so do not dare blame me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Jiang Daoli (Reasonableness)

Being accused of 'not talking reason' (不讲道理) is a serious social transgression in Chinese interpersonal disputes, prompting immediate defensive counter-accusations.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #defensiveness #counter_accusation #indignation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
讲不讲道理 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be reasonable or not / whether someone is open to reason

A very common confrontational phrase used when accusing someone of acting unjustly or irrationally.

什么叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

what do you mean by / how dare you say that

Used as a rhetorical formula to reject an accusation or offensive claim made by the interlocutor.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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