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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E28 (34:17) HSK 1
shén me jiào yáng fèng yīn wéi

什么叫阳奉阴违

“What it means to feign compliance?”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 34:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhī dào shén me jiào dào mào àn rán ma

“Do you know what it means to be sanctimonious?”

shén me jiào yáng fèng yīn wéi CURRENT FOCUS

什么叫 阳奉阴违

“What it means to feign compliance?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me jiào dài jià ér gū

“What it means to wait for the highest bidder?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING CHARACTER
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You say one thing to people's faces and do the exact opposite behind their backs.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Duplicity

Reflects the deep cultural aversion in Chinese organizations toward overt compliance paired with covert sabotage.

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

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
阳奉阴违 SPOKEN CHUNK

outwardly complying while inwardly rebelling

A formal idiom used to describe insincere obedience, common in bureaucratic and organizational critiques.

什么叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

what is meant by / what counts as

Used to challenge the definition of a concept or accuse someone of embodying that negative trait.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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