《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E11 (05:05)
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nǐ kàn tā néng chū shén me yāo é zi
你看他能出什么幺蛾子
“See what tricks he can pull!”
《Live up to Your Youth》
S1·E11
TIMECODE: 05:05
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ jiù qù
你就去
“Just go!”
nǐ kàn tā néng chū shén me yāo é zi
CURRENT FOCUS
你看他 能 出什么幺蛾子
“See what tricks he can pull!”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
kě shì wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu qù guò
可是我从来没有去过
“But I've never been to”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
REASSURANCE
Tone:
ENCOURAGING
Emotion:
CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't be scared; go there and call his bluff—he can't do anything serious anyway.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dialectal Idioms (幺蛾子)
Originating from Northern dialect, this idiom colorfully dismisses unexpected troublesome ideas as trivial antics rather than serious threats.
INTENT TAGS:
#encouragement
#defiance
#dismissal
#reassurance
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
出幺蛾子
SPOKEN CHUNK
to pull underhanded tricks; to play ridiculous stunts
A popular Northern Chinese colloquial idiom used to dismiss disruptive or scheming actions.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《叵测》
90% Match
看看他能耍出什么花活来
kàn kàn tā néng shuǎ chū shén me huā huó lái
“Let's see what tricks he can pull.”
《玫瑰丛生》
90% Match
我看她能整出什么幺蛾子来
wǒ kàn tā néng zhěng chū shén me yāo é zi lái
“I wanna see what trouble she can stir up.”
《开庭》
85% Match
他后面会闹出什么幺蛾子来
tā hòu miàn huì nào chū shén me yāo é zi lái
“what trouble they might stir up later.”
《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E11 (05:05) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus