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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E7 (24:07) HSK 1
nǐ zhè rén zěn me hái qiǎng cí duó lǐ

你这人怎么还强词夺理

“Why are you still making excuses?”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 24:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ kěn dìng bù néng hē a

我肯定不能喝啊

“I definitely wouldn't have drunk it.”

nǐ zhè rén zěn me hái qiǎng cí duó lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

你这人怎么 还 强词夺理

“Why are you still making excuses?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shuō nǐ

你说你

“Look at you.”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: COUNTERING FALLACY
Tone: COMBATIVE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your reasoning makes no sense at all; quit making up bogus arguments to dodge this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chinese Drinking Culture and Persuasion

At Chinese social gatherings or drinking tables, refusing a drink triggers a battle of wits where each party tries to use polite or forceful persuasion without losing face.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #challenging #dismissing_excuses #irritation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
强词夺理 SPOKEN CHUNK

to resort to sophistry; to argue using twisted logic

A classic Chengyu used when an interlocutor invents unreasonable excuses to defend indefensible actions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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