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《Road to Success》 S1·E2 (08:40) HSK 5
nǐ bù zhī dào nǚ hái de liǎn pí hěn báo a

你不知道女孩的脸皮很薄啊

“Don't you know girls are easily embarrassed?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 08:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù nǐ duō zuǐ shì ba

就你多嘴是吧

“Can you stop being so nosy?”

nǐ bù zhī dào nǚ hái de liǎn pí hěn báo a CURRENT FOCUS

你不知道 女孩的脸皮很薄啊

“Don't you know girls are easily embarrassed?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dōu guài wǒ dōu guài wǒ

都怪我都怪我

“My bad, my bad.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You should have been more tactful; you completely embarrassed her!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Lianpi (Face and Shyness)

Having 'thin skin' (脸皮薄) implies sensitivity to losing face (面子), a trait traditionally expected and protected in young women during romantic or public settings.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #face_saving #criticism #tactfulness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
脸皮很薄 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be thin-skinned; very shy or easily embarrassed

Commonly used to describe someone sensitive to teasing, shame, or public embarrassment.

你不知道...啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

Don't you know that...?

A rhetorical framing used to deliver a scolding or highlight someone's obvious lack of common sense.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Infuses the rhetorical question with an exasperated, reproachful edge.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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