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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E17 (29:25) HSK 2
zhè hái bù wú suǒ bù yòng qí jí a

这还不无所不用其极啊

“If that's not playing dirty, what is?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 29:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ bèi zhe shěn mò bǎ xiǎo jīng xiāo shāng jiè shào gěi bái dé ruì

你背着沈默 把小经销商介绍给白德瑞

“You steered small distributors to Barry behind Shen Mo's back.”

zhè hái bù wú suǒ bù yòng qí jí a CURRENT FOCUS

这 还不 无所不用其极 啊

“If that's not playing dirty, what is?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhào zǒng de xiāo xī hěn líng tōng ma ràng wǒ cāi cāi shì nǎ ge jīng xiāo shāng a

“You're well-informed, Ms. Zhao. Let me guess which distributor it was.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have crossed every ethical line to get what you want.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Business Ethics and Guandao

Circumventing partners to poach or introduce suppliers secretly violates traditional unwritten rules of business loyalty and trust.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #condemnation #accusation #sarcasm
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
无所不用其极 SPOKEN CHUNK

stop at nothing; resort to every conceivable means

A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) with strong negative connotations, used to criticize unscrupulous behavior.

这还不 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't this just; if this isn't..., then what is?

A rhetorical structure used to underline the obviousness of an extreme quality or accusation.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Amplifies the rhetorical force of the question and conveys strong indignation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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