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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E26 (32:07) HSK 6
nǐ zhè rào lái rào qù de zhè hái shì ràng wǒ xué cái wù a

你这绕来绕去的 这还是让我学财务啊

“After all that, you're still trying to make me study accounting?”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 32:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zhǎo rén bāng nǐ bǎ suàn pán xiū hǎo xíng bù xíng bú shì

“I'll get someone to fix your abacus. Alright? Seriously?”

nǐ zhè rào lái rào qù de zhè hái shì ràng wǒ xué cái wù a CURRENT FOCUS

你这 绕来绕去 的 这还 是让我学财务 啊

“After all that, you're still trying to make me study accounting?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ gēn nǐ shuō dé hěn qīng chǔ le wǒ zhè ge nǎo zi

“I've made myself clear. I can't learn it,”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EXPRESSING RELUCTANCE
Tone: COMPLAINING
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop beating around the bush; no matter how you frame it, I still do not want to study accounting.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Career Pressure

Chinese elders often push younger relatives toward practical, stable careers such as accounting or finance, sometimes resorting to subtle or roundabout persuasion.

INTENT TAGS: #protesting #calling_out #reluctance #exasperation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
绕来绕去 SPOKEN CHUNK

beating around the bush; going in circles

Use this colloquial idiom to call out someone who avoids giving a direct answer or uses roundabout arguments.

还是让我 SPOKEN CHUNK

still making/forcing me to

Use to highlight persistent pressure from someone despite prior objections.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an emotive, exasperated tone of realization and mild protest.

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1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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