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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E1 (07:33) HSK 7
dǎ zhe fēi de huí lái pāi mǎ pì biǎo zhōng xīn

打着飞的回来拍马屁表忠心

“(He flew back just to kiss up and show loyalty.)”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 07:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN táng lǐ dé wǒ sī lìng yī wèi xiāo shòu fù zǒng jiān zhí chǎng zuì lǎo de yóu tiáo

唐李德 我司另一位销售副总监 职场最老的油条

“(Tang Lide, another Deputy Sales Director at our company.) (Tang Lide, Sales Deputy Director) (The slickest old fox in the office.)”

dǎ zhe fēi de huí lái pāi mǎ pì biǎo zhōng xīn CURRENT FOCUS

打着飞的 回来 拍马屁 表 忠心

“(He flew back just to kiss up and show loyalty.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi le jīn wǎn gěi lǎo bǎn còu qù míng míng hái zài shàng hǎi chū chāi

为了今晚给老板凑趣 明明还在上海出差

“(To entertain the boss tonight,) (he flew back from a business trip in Shanghai.)”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DERISIVE MOCKERY
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Look at this shameless bootlicker flying all the way back just to kiss up to the boss.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Sycophancy (Paimapi)

In hierarchical corporate environments, showing explicit devotion to leadership through informal gatherings is common, yet often mocked behind closed doors by competitive peers.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #sarcasm #mockery #disparagement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
打飞的 SPOKEN CHUNK

taking a flight like catching a cab (flying in a rush)

A popular modern slang term used to describe flying somewhere hastily or casually, similar to hailing a taxi.

拍马屁 SPOKEN CHUNK

to flatter; to kiss up to someone

A very common colloquial idiom for sycophancy or brown-nosing, almost exclusively used in informal speech.

表忠心 SPOKEN CHUNK

to show loyalty or pledge allegiance

Commonly used in workplace or political contexts, often sarcastically to describe overt displays of devotion to a leader.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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