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《The Knockout》 S1·E13 (19:59) HSK 4
duì zhǎng de míng tóu shì kuài gǒu pí gāo yào ma

队长的名头 是块狗皮膏药吗

“Is the title "chief" a sticking-plaster?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 19:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ hú nào

你胡闹

“Nonsense!”

duì zhǎng de míng tóu shì kuài gǒu pí gāo yào ma CURRENT FOCUS

队长的名头 是块 狗皮膏药 吗

“Is the title "chief" a sticking-plaster?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuō sī diào jiù sī diào

说撕掉就撕掉

“You can just rip it off?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REBUKING FLIPPANCY
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You can't just toss away your responsibilities like a piece of cheap junk whenever you feel like it!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Metaphorical Insults with Traditional Medicine

'Dog-skin plaster' historically refers to quack remedies sold by street peddlers, metaphorically representing tacky, unreliable, or cheap things.

INTENT TAGS: #rebuking #demanding_accountability #confrontation #sarcasm
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
狗皮膏药 SPOKEN CHUNK

cheap medicated plaster (metaphor for worthless quackery or unwanted clingy baggage)

A common colloquial idiom used to dismiss something as cheap, disreputable, or hard to shake off.

名头 SPOKEN CHUNK

title / reputation / official label

Refers informally to someone's formal position, title, or public designation.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a sharp rhetorical question highlighting absurdity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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