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《Road to Success》 S1·E30 (26:48) HSK 2
nǐ zhè me dà fèi zhōu zhāng

你这么大费周章

“♪ A gentle stream ♪ So this whole elaborate plan...”

《Road to Success》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 26:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ kěn dìng méi yǒu kàn cuò

我肯定没有看错

“♪ Our words flow ♪ I'm sure I wasn't wrong.”

nǐ zhè me dà fèi zhōu zhāng CURRENT FOCUS

你 这么大 费周章

“♪ A gentle stream ♪ So this whole elaborate plan...”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù shì wèi le zhè ge

就是为了这个

“was all for this? ♪ They glow like fireflies ♪”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: QUESTIONING MOTIVES
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I can't believe you orchestrated all of this just for this reason.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Disproportionate Effort (小题大做与大费周章)

Calling out someone for 'da fei zhou zhang' implies their actions were excessively complicated compared to the scale of the goal, often signaling suspicion of hidden motives.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #suspicion #interrogation #disbelief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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大费周章 SPOKEN CHUNK

to go to great trouble; to take immense pains

A very useful idiomatic expression used to describe making complicated, exhausting efforts to accomplish a task.

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