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《The Lead》 S1·E13 (40:40) HSK 7
shǒu yì bù xíng bié lā bù chū shǐ lài máo kēng

手艺不行 别拉不出屎赖茅坑

“Your skills are off. Don't blame anything else.”

《The Lead》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 40:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù dàng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ yóu yán guì nǐ shì zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng

“You don't know costs till you run things. Easy for you to say.”

shǒu yì bù xíng bié lā bù chū shǐ lài máo kēng CURRENT FOCUS

手艺 不行 别 拉不出屎赖茅坑

“Your skills are off. Don't blame anything else.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ gēn nǐ shuō wǒ rěn nǐ hěn jiǔ le

“Listen, I've put up with you for a long time.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REBUKING
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Admit you're terrible at this and stop making ridiculous excuses.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Earthy Metaphors in Heated Arguments

Colloquial Chinese often uses blunt, visceral bodily metaphors during heated domestic disputes to puncture an opponent's perceived pretension.

INTENT TAGS: #rebuke #mockery #calling_out #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拉不出屎赖茅坑 SPOKEN CHUNK

a bad workman blames his tools (crude colloquialism)

A highly informal and crude proverb used exclusively in arguments to criticize someone making poor excuses.

手艺不行 SPOKEN CHUNK

poor craftsmanship; lacking skills

Used to describe poor technical ability or cooking/trade skill.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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