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《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E4 (10:42) HSK 7
bú yào shuǎ zhè xiē méi yǒu yòng de xiǎo jì liǎng

不要耍这些没有用的小伎俩

“Don't bother with petty tricks like that.”

《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 10:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dào shí hòu nǐ de péng yǒu huì bèi wǒ men gē tóu guà gān

“Then, your friend will be beheaded, and his head hung from a pole.”

bú yào shuǎ zhè xiē méi yǒu yòng de xiǎo jì liǎng CURRENT FOCUS

不要 耍这些 没有用的 小伎俩

“Don't bother with petty tricks like that.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zǒu dào zhè ér de shí hòu tā men zǎo jiù lí kāi le

“By the time we got here, they had already left.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DISMISSING TACTICS
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Exposing Pettiness (Jiliang)

Calling out someone's actions as 'petty tricks' deliberately demeans their competence and asserts moral and strategic superiority in a conflict.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #intimidation #dismissal #condemnation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
耍小伎俩 SPOKEN CHUNK

play petty tricks / resort to cheap gimmicks

Used to express disdain when calling out someone's underhanded or futile schemes.

没有用 SPOKEN CHUNK

useless / of no avail

A blunt description to dismiss something as pointless or completely ineffective.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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