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《Go Ahead》 S1·E27 (04:00) HSK 2
nǐ zhè shì jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán a

你这是脚踏两只船啊

“you are being a two-timing girl, Miss Li.”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 04:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lǐ lǎo bǎn

李老板

“So,”

nǐ zhè shì jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán a CURRENT FOCUS

你这是 脚踏两只船 啊

“you are being a two-timing girl, Miss Li.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chī fàn chī fàn chī fàn

吃饭 吃饭 吃饭

“Have dinner. Let's just have dinner.”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: TEASING ACCUSATION
Tone: PLAYFULLY TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Caught you! You are playing both sides and trying not to get caught.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Two-timing idiom (脚踏两只船)

In Chinese social discourse, this vivid maritime metaphor is universally understood to describe opportunism or romantic disloyalty, often invoked casually in banquet banter to poke fun at someone's indecisiveness.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #calling_out #banter #exposing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
脚踏两只船 SPOKEN CHUNK

having a foot in two boats; double-timing or playing both sides

A very common idiomatic metaphor used to describe infidelity in romance or opportunistically straddling two opposing factions.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical accusation into an exclamation of sudden discovery or teasing remark.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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