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《The Knockout》 S1·E20 (29:14) HSK 6
gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xíng le xíng le xíng le

狗嘴里吐不出 行了 行了 行了

“A filthy mouth cannot utter... Enough.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 29:14 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù xiàng nǐ jiǎng de huà zěn me le wǒ jiù bù néng kuā nǐ jǐ jù le

“It's not like you. What's wrong? Can't I praise you?”

gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xíng le xíng le xíng le CURRENT FOCUS

狗嘴里吐不出 行了 行了 行了

“A filthy mouth cannot utter... Enough.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN guō jú děng zhe nǐ huì bào gōng zuò ne gǎn jǐn qù ba

郭局等着你汇报工作呢 赶紧去吧

“Director Guo is waiting for you to report your work. Go now.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CUTTING SHORT
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You never have anything genuinely nice to say, but forget it, let's get down to business.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Playful Banter Between Close Colleagues

Close colleagues often use self-deprecating or mildly insulting proverbs like this to diffuse tension and show closeness without being genuinely offensive.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #topic_shift #truncation #informal_banter
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
狗嘴里吐不出象牙 SPOKEN CHUNK

a dog's mouth emits no ivory (a foul mouth can say nothing good)

A common idiom used in playful or hostile banter when someone makes an uncharacteristic, clumsy, or sarcastic remark.

行了 SPOKEN CHUNK

alright / that's enough / drop it

Repetition like '行了行了' is used to quickly cut off ongoing speech and shift the topic or stop an argument.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of patience or readiness to change the subject in '行了'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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