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《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E14 (18:23) HSK 7
shuō nà xiē méi yòng de lái fū yǎn wǒ men

说那些没用的来敷衍我们

“he fobbed us off with a bunch of useless fluff.”

《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 18:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā dǎo shì tǐng néng zhuāng jīn tiān ràng tā huì bào téng dá yóu xì jīng yàn de shí hòu

他倒是挺能装 今天让他汇报 腾达游戏经验的时候

“He's pretty good at pretending. When we asked him earlier to share his experience at Tengda,”

shuō nà xiē méi yòng de lái fū yǎn wǒ men CURRENT FOCUS

说那些 没用的 来 敷衍我们

“he fobbed us off with a bunch of useless fluff.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN béng guǎn tā yǒu shén me yīn móu zhǐ yào shì lái le tiān huǒ

甭管他有什么阴谋 只要是来了天火

“Whatever he's plotting, as long as he's at Sky Fire,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Perfunctory Compliance (Fuyan)

In Chinese corporate culture, 'fuyan' describes doing the bare minimum or offering superficial talk to satisfy superiors or peers without actually sharing real substance or secrets.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #dismissal #venting #distrust
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
说那些没用的 SPOKEN CHUNK

saying useless things / talking nonsense

A common spoken phrase used to dismiss another person's remarks as unhelpful or trivial.

敷衍我们 SPOKEN CHUNK

brush us off / go through the motions with us

Use this collocation when you feel someone is perfunctorily dealing with you without sincerity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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