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《Light to the Night》 S1·E8 (12:53) HSK 4
hái bù gòu nǐ chě pí de ne

还不够你扯皮的呢

“That's barely enough for you to make a fuss about.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 12:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dāng lǐng dǎo shuō huà zǒng yào suàn shù a yī tiān de shí jiān gòu shén me ne ?

当领导 说话总要算数啊 一天的时间够什么呢?

“You're the leader. You have to keep your word. What can you do in one day?”

hái bù gòu nǐ chě pí de ne CURRENT FOCUS

还不够 你 扯皮 的 呢

“That's barely enough for you to make a fuss about.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xíng le bié zài zhè ér gěi wǒ xī pí xiào liǎn de a yǒu duō yuǎn gǔn duō yuǎn

“Alright. Enough messing around. Get out of my sight.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REBUFFING COMPLAINT
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop wasting time complaining and actually do your job instead of making excuses.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chepi (Bureaucratic Buck-Passing)

'扯皮' carries a strong negative connotation in Chinese workplaces, criticizing individuals or departments that expend energy on dodging accountability rather than task execution.

INTENT TAGS: #mockery #dismissal #sarcasm #shutting_down_excuses
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
扯皮 SPOKEN CHUNK

to wrangle; to bicker; to pass the buck

A common colloquial expression denoting bureaucratic finger-pointing or endless unproductive arguments.

还不够……呢 SPOKEN CHUNK

not even enough for...; barely enough to...

A sarcastic construction used to mock someone's claim that a resource or time period is insufficient.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Underlines the exaggerated and dismissive stance of the sarcastic evaluation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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