《Light to the Night》 S1·E8 (12:21)
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jìng rán ràng xián yí rén dào dǎ yī pá
竟然让嫌疑人倒打一耙
“You actually let the suspect turn the tables on you.”
《Light to the Night》
S1·E8
TIMECODE: 12:21
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
hé jǐng guān àn zi bàn dé bù cuò
何警官 案子办得不错
“Officer He, great job.”
jìng rán ràng xián yí rén dào dǎ yī pá
CURRENT FOCUS
竟然 让 嫌疑人 倒打一耙
“You actually let the suspect turn the tables on you.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
bié kàn tā men xiàn zài nào dé huān
别看他们现在闹得欢
“Let him make the noise for now.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
EXPRESSING INDIGNATION
Tone:
CRITICAL
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“How on earth did we let the criminal turn the tables on us like this?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dao Da Yi Pa (Turn the Rake)
Originating from Pigsy's weapon in Journey to the West, this idiom illustrates an unexpected, shameless counter-attack when one is caught in the wrong.
INTENT TAGS:
#indignation
#frustration
#criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
竟然
SPOKEN CHUNK
unexpectedly / to one's surprise
An adverb placed before verbs to express surprise, often with a nuance of disapproval or bewilderment.
倒打一耙
SPOKEN CHUNK
to make a counter-accusation / to turn the tables falsely
A vivid four-character idiom derived from Journey to the West, used when an offender counters by accusing their accuser.
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3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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