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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E4 (14:33) HSK 2
shuí kàn bù chū lái nǐ zhè shì qiǎo lì míng mù

谁看不出来 你这是巧立名目

“Anyone can see you're inventing excuses.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 14:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zì jǐ shuō

你自己说

“See for yourself.”

shuí kàn bù chū lái nǐ zhè shì qiǎo lì míng mù CURRENT FOCUS

谁看不出来 你这是 巧立名目

“Anyone can see you're inventing excuses.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zì jǐ kàn shū jì nín zhè wù huì tā dà le qù le

自己看 书记 您这误会 它大了去了

“Look. Mr. Zhao, your misunderstanding is huge.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ACCUSING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think you are being clever, but your excuse is obvious to everyone.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Arbitrary Fee Collection (Qiaoli Mingmu)

A deeply scrutinized practice in Chinese public administration where lower levels invent creative titles for unauthorized fees to raise illicit revenues.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #calling_out #accusation #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
谁看不出来 SPOKEN CHUNK

who can't tell / it is obvious to anyone

Rhetorical question emphasizing that a motive or trick is blatantly obvious.

巧立名目 SPOKEN CHUNK

to concoct various pretexts / fabricate excuses to extract money

A derogatory four-character idiom commonly applied to bureaucrats or organizations inventing bogus fees.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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