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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E7 (39:11) HSK 6
nǐ shǎo piàn rén le nǐ míng míng jiù shì xiǎng zhèng qián

你少骗人了 你明明就是想挣钱

“Stop lying. You just want to make money.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 39:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN cù jìn mín zú yǒu hǎo

促进民族友好

“and fostering ethnic friendship.”

nǐ shǎo piàn rén le nǐ míng míng jiù shì xiǎng zhèng qián CURRENT FOCUS

你 少骗人了 你 明明就是 想挣钱

“Stop lying. You just want to make money.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuí bù xiǎng zhèng qián

谁不想挣钱

“Who doesn't want to make money?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EXPOSING HYPOCRISY
Tone: DEFIANT
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Cut the noble speeches, you're only in this for the cash.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral High Ground vs. Material Gain

Calling out someone who claims to act for noble public goals (such as ethnic friendship) while pursuing personal wealth is a common way to strip them of their moral face (面子).

INTENT TAGS: #debunking #accusation #provocation #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
少骗人了 SPOKEN CHUNK

stop deceiving people; cut the nonsense

An informal spoken colloquialism used to bluntly call someone out on an obvious lie or pretext.

想挣钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

wanting to make money

A straightforward and blunt way to refer to pursuing financial profit.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in '少……了' to indicate an imperative command demanding an immediate stop to an ongoing action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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