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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E10 (08:29) HSK 1
nǐ men yào chū ěr fǎn ěr

你们要出尔反尔

“Are you going back on your word now?”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 08:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me

怎么

“What?”

nǐ men yào chū ěr fǎn ěr CURRENT FOCUS

你们 要 出尔反尔

“Are you going back on your word now?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǎn niáng

晚娘

“Wan,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“How dare you break your promise to me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Xin (Trustworthiness) in Relationships

Breaching trust or going back on a spoken commitment (出尔反尔) is viewed as a severe moral failure that forfeits moral standing and social face.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #demanding_compliance #condemning #challenging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
出尔反尔 SPOKEN CHUNK

to go back on one's word; to contradict oneself; to renege

A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly deployed in spoken disputes to condemn untrustworthiness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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