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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12 (21:24) HSK 4
qí cì qí cì shén me qí cì shǒu xiān wǒ jiù bù tóng yì

其次 其次什么其次 首先我就不同意

“Second... Second what? I don't even agree with the first point.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 21:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yán gé de zhí xíng wǒ zhì dìng de jì huà

严格的执行我制定的计划

“and follow my plan to the letter.”

qí cì qí cì shén me qí cì shǒu xiān wǒ jiù bù tóng yì CURRENT FOCUS

其次 其次 什么 其次 首先我就 不同意

“Second... Second what? I don't even agree with the first point.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me jiào zuò yán gé zhí xíng nǐ zhì dìng de jì huà nǐ zhì dìng shén me jì huà ya

什么叫做严格执行你制定的计划 你制定什么计划呀

“What do you mean "follow your plan to the letter"? What plan?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: OUTRIGHT REJECTION
Tone: DEFIANT
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't bother listing your points; your whole plan is a complete non-starter.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Echo Rhetoric in Arguments

Repeating the opponent's formal connective ('其次') with rhetorical disdain is a typical conversational tactic in Chinese to dismantle bureaucratic posturing.

INTENT TAGS: #rejection #interruption #dismissal #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
首先 SPOKEN CHUNK

first of all / in the first place

Commonly paired with '其次' in formal writing, but here used in heated spoken argument to prioritize an outright veto.

什么其次 SPOKEN CHUNK

what do you mean 'secondly' / forget your 'secondly'

A spoken rhetorical pattern ('X什么X') used to sharply dismiss or mock the listener's choice of words.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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