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《How Dare You!?》 S1·E3 (31:36) HSK 7
jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán hái tà dé rú cǐ zhī wěn

脚踏两只船 还踏得如此之稳

“could play both sides with such stability.”

《How Dare You!?》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 31:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě zhǐ yǒu nǐ

也只有你

“only you”

jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán hái tà dé rú cǐ zhī wěn CURRENT FOCUS

脚踏两只船 还踏得如此之稳

“could play both sides with such stability.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā men liǎng wèi

他们两位

“You've been working”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: TEASING CRITICISM
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are brazenly two-timing two people, and it is ridiculous how shameless you are at keeping them both hooked.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Sarcastic Commendation (反讽)

In Chinese social interaction, calling someone's immoral maneuvering 'skillful' or 'steady' is a barbed way of delivering severe moral disapproval.

INTENT TAGS: #mocking #sarcasm #accusing #criticizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
脚踏两只船 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have a foot in two boats; to two-time

A widespread idiom used specifically for cheating romantically by maintaining relationships with two people at once.

踏得如此之稳 SPOKEN CHUNK

stepping so steadily

Used ironically here to point out how skillfully someone manages a deceitful double life.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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