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《Generation to Generation》 S1·E4 (12:43) HSK 7
qiú guān zhǔ dǎo shì piē dé gān jìng

裘观主倒是撇得干净

“Lord Qiu, you appear clean.”

《Generation to Generation》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 12:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tiǎo bō lí jiàn de jiān xì

挑拨离间的奸细

“stirring discord.”

qiú guān zhǔ dǎo shì piē dé gān jìng CURRENT FOCUS

裘观主 倒是 撇得干净

“Lord Qiu, you appear clean.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhè guān zhǔ zhī wèi

你这观主之位

“You only got your position”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SARCASTIC ACCUSATION
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are awfully quick to wash your hands of this, which only makes you look more guilty.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Confrontation through Irony

In high-stakes Chinese confrontations, speakers often use ironic praise (like complimenting how 'cleanly' someone avoids blame) to expose hypocrisy rather than making a flat accusation.

INTENT TAGS: #mockery #calling_out_evasion #sarcasm #challenging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
倒是 SPOKEN CHUNK

contrary to expectation; actually (often used ironically)

Great for expressing sarcasm or surprise when someone acts in a self-serving or unexpected way.

撇得干净 SPOKEN CHUNK

to completely absolve oneself of blame; to wash one's hands of something

Used negatively to criticize someone for shirking responsibility or cutting ties with a problem too conveniently.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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