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《Unveil: Jadewind》 S1·E1 (31:13) HSK 7
wèi le zhuāng shén nòng guǐ hái zhēn shì méi shǎo fèi gōng fu

为了装神弄鬼 还真是没少费工夫

“For this stunt, they really went to a lot of trouble.”

《Unveil: Jadewind》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 31:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè shì gù dìng yào chā yòng de ?

这是固定药叉用的?

“This was used to anchor the yaksha?”

wèi le zhuāng shén nòng guǐ hái zhēn shì méi shǎo fèi gōng fu CURRENT FOCUS

为了 装神弄鬼 还真是 没少费工夫

“For this stunt, they really went to a lot of trouble.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN là yóu

蜡油

“Candle wax.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: MOCKING DEDUCTION
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They went through an awful lot of trouble just to pull off this cheap parlor trick.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Debunking Superstition (破除迷信)

In Chinese detective narratives, supernatural apparitions are almost invariably exposed as calculated human machinations using elaborate physical props.

INTENT TAGS: #sarcasm #derision #investigation #deduction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
装神弄鬼 SPOKEN CHUNK

to play the devil; to practice trickery or pretend supernatural feats

Use this idiom when criticizing someone for acting mysteriously or staging deceitful stunts to mislead people.

没少费工夫 SPOKEN CHUNK

spared no effort; took a lot of pains/trouble

A colloquial pattern meaning 'put in quite a bit of effort', often used with ironic admiration or complaint.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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