《Love Between Lines》 S1·E3 (17:55)
HSK 2
shì a nǐ zhǐ huì shuǎ zuǐ pí zi
是啊 你只会耍嘴皮子
“Yeah, all you do is talk.”
《Love Between Lines》
S1·E3
TIMECODE: 17:55
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
dà xiǎo dōu kàn bù chū lái
大小都看不出来
“the difference in room sizes.”
shì a nǐ zhǐ huì shuǎ zuǐ pí zi
CURRENT FOCUS
是啊 你只会 耍嘴皮子
“Yeah, all you do is talk.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
qīng xíng cái liào
轻型材料
“Lightweight materials?”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
MOCKING CRITICISM
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You talk big, but you can't actually do anything.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Action over Talk (务实)
In Chinese interpersonal ethics, excessive glibness or boasting (耍嘴皮子) is strongly disapproved of in favor of quiet, practical competence (少说多做).
INTENT TAGS:
#belittling
#criticism
#sarcasm
#dismissal
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
耍嘴皮子
SPOKEN CHUNK
to engage in idle talk / to be all mouth and no trousers
A vivid Northern colloquial idiom criticizing someone who talks well but lacks real substance or action.
只会
SPOKEN CHUNK
only know how to / can only
Employed critically to reduce someone's overall capability down to a single negative trait.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Accentuates the sarcastic assent at the start of the sentence.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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