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《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0 (07:05) HSK 1
nǐ hái zài zhè jiǎo biàn shì ba

你还在这狡辩是吧

“And now you're still making excuses?”

《Grave Robbery》 S0·E0
TIMECODE: 07:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ jiù zhī dào nà xiē dōng xī dōu shì jiǎ de nǐ hái piàn wǒ

你就知道那些东西都是假的 你还骗我

“You knew all those things were fake! You still lied to me.”

nǐ hái zài zhè jiǎo biàn shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

你 还在 这 狡辩 是吧

“And now you're still making excuses?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè xíng jiù zhè yàng a yuàn dǔ fú shū a nǐ bù néng guài wǒ ya

这行就这样啊 愿赌服输啊 你不能怪我呀

“This is how the business works. A bet is a bet. You can't blame me for this!”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Shut up and stop lying—we both know you're full of excuses.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Confronting Quibbling (Jiaobian)

In Chinese interpersonal conflict, accusing someone of 'jiaobian' strips away their moral standing, indicating that their arguments are bad-faith attempts to dodge blame.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #calling_out #accusation #challenging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
狡辩 SPOKEN CHUNK

to quibble / to use sophistry / to make lame excuses

Used when accusing someone of making disingenuous arguments to evade responsibility.

还在这 SPOKEN CHUNK

still here (doing something inappropriate)

Expresses irritation that the person persists in a wrongful behavior right in front of the speaker.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a confrontational rhetorical tag question, soliciting reluctant admission while projecting certainty.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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