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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E10 (26:09) HSK 7
nà shàng sī héng dé bú yào bú yào de

那上司横得不要不要的

“and the boss is incredibly arrogant.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 26:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà xiǎo hú lí jīng yāo lǐ yāo qì de

“That vixen is so coquettish,”

nà shàng sī héng dé bú yào bú yào de CURRENT FOCUS

那上司横得 不要不要的

“and the boss is incredibly arrogant.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎo hú lí jīng hái gēn lǎo nán rén shuō shén me

小狐狸精还跟老男人说什么

“What else did the vixen say to the old man?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: GOSSIPING
Tone: GOSSIPY
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Moralizing Gossip (道德评判)

In Chinese social talk, colleagues frequently bond through shared moral critique of superiors abusing power alongside illicit interpersonal liaisons.

INTENT TAGS: #gossiping #criticizing #venting #evaluating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
横 SPOKEN CHUNK

unreasonable, overbearing, arrogant, tyrannical

Pronounced hèng; describes someone abusing power or behaving aggressively without justification.

不要不要的 SPOKEN CHUNK

to an extreme degree; incredibly; super

A modern internet slang intensifier equivalent to 'extremely' or 'like crazy'.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a nominalizer/intensifier within the slang construction '不要不要的' emphasizing extreme degree.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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