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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E28 (08:25) HSK 4
ná zhe jī máo dāng lìng jiàn

拿着鸡毛当令箭

“- Wait... - "She abuses her tiny bit of authority."”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 08:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiě le běn xiàn zhì hái zhēn yǐ wéi zì jǐ liǎo bù dé le bù bù bù

写了本县志 还真以为自己了不得了 不不不

“"With a county chronicle, she thinks she's impressive now." - Wait... - "She abuses her tiny bit of authority."”

ná zhe jī máo dāng lìng jiàn CURRENT FOCUS

拿着鸡毛当令箭

“- Wait... - "She abuses her tiny bit of authority."”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ wǒ zhèng shū jì nǐ shuō shuō

我我 郑书记 你说说

“(Diary) I... Mr. Zheng, tell me.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING PRESUMPTION
Tone: SCORNFUL
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You hold no real power, so stop bossing people around.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Checking Bureaucratic Pretentiousness

In Chinese administrative environments, flaunting petty influence without having true rank invites sharp reprimands using folk idioms.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #mockery #criticism #disapproval
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拿着鸡毛当令箭 SPOKEN CHUNK

treating an insignificant token or petty authority as an imperial command

Use this common idiom when calling out someone who abuses minor power or takes trivial instructions far too seriously.

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1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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