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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (19:38) HSK 4
yuán lái shì jì yǎ wā qiáng jiǎo

原来是季雅挖墙脚

“So it was Ji Ya who poached her.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 19:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yōu yǎ

优雅

“Elegance?”

yuán lái shì jì yǎ wā qiáng jiǎo CURRENT FOCUS

原来是 季雅 挖墙脚

“So it was Ji Ya who poached her.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài gǎng dǎo bǐ wú kǎi lì hóng de gē xīng yě bù shǎo tā zhè me zuò

在港岛比吴凯莉红的 歌星也不少 她这么做

“There're plenty of singers in Gangdao more famous than Wu Kaili. She did this”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: IDENTIFYING CULPRIT
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“So Ji Ya was behind this dirty trick the whole time.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Underhanded Poaching (挖墙脚)

Literally 'digging out the foot of the wall', this idiom strongly connotes betrayal or sneaky competitive practices in Chinese business circles.

INTENT TAGS: #realization #accusation #uncovering_truth #criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
原来是 SPOKEN CHUNK

so it turns out to be...

A very frequent formula used when realizing the unexpected truth behind a situation.

挖墙脚 SPOKEN CHUNK

to poach talent / to undermine someone / to steal clients or staff

An essential idiomatic expression for undermining a competitor or stealing someone away.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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