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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E3 (02:18) HSK 4
zhè bāng rén zhēn gòu néng huā de

这帮人真够能花的

“These guys spent a lot of money.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 02:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wài lián de fā piào shén me shí hòu rù de zhàng zěn me xiǎng bù qǐ lái le

外联的发票 什么时候入的账 怎么想不起来了

“Public Relations Department. When were they booked? I don't remember.”

zhè bāng rén zhēn gòu néng huā de CURRENT FOCUS

这帮人 真够能花的

“These guys spent a lot of money.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ xiǎng qǐ lái le

我想起来了

“Oh, I see.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING EXCESS
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They are spending company money like water with zero restraint.”
💡 Cultural Insight: PR and Entertainment Budget Padding

External relations (wailian) departments in Chinese organizations often rack up massive entertainment and dining expenses, regularly drawing scrutiny and gossip from accounting colleagues.

INTENT TAGS: #judgment #criticism #exclamation #disapproval
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
这帮人 SPOKEN CHUNK

this crowd / this bunch of people

A colloquial and slightly derogatory or informal way to refer to a specific group.

真够能……的 SPOKEN CHUNK

really quite capable of... / really knows how to...

An emphatic spoken frame used to comment on someone's extreme behavior, often with sarcastic or critical coloring.

能花 SPOKEN CHUNK

good at spending money / spends heavily

Colloquial shorthand for possessing a big appetite for expenditure.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Completes the emphatic construction '真够能...的', reinforcing the speaker's emotional assessment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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