MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E18 (31:02) HSK 7
dōu hái bèi tā wán nòng yú gǔ zhǎng zhī jiān

都还被她玩弄于股掌之间

“you might still be dancing in her palm even now.”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 31:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kě néng dào xiàn zài

你可能到现在

“you might still be dancing in her palm even now.”

dōu hái bèi tā wán nòng yú gǔ zhǎng zhī jiān CURRENT FOCUS

都还被她 玩弄于股掌之间

“you might still be dancing in her palm even now.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wù wàng yán yǐ jīng bèi pàn le nǐ

“Since she has betrayed you,”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PROVOKING
Tone: TAUNTING
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wake up, you fool; she has been using you all along.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chengyu Imagery in Conflict

Literary idioms like 'playing someone in the palm of the hand' are frequently used in dramatic confrontations to amplify humiliation and emphasize total dominance.

INTENT TAGS: #mocking #warning #exposing_truth #provocation
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
玩弄于股掌之间 SPOKEN CHUNK

manipulated in the palm of one's hand; completely toying with someone

A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) used to describe total psychological or political manipulation.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E18 (31:02) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus