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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E32 (25:20) HSK 4
wǒ qí shí jiù shì gù yì jī tā wǒ yào kàn kàn tā de dǐ pái

我其实就是故意激他 我要看看他的底牌

“I was actually provoking him on purpose. I wanted to see his hand.”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 25:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ jīn tiān lái bī sāng zǒng chè zī fū lā xī dá

我今天来逼桑总撤资夫拉悉达

“Today, I came to force Mr. Sang to withdraw from Fulaxida.”

wǒ qí shí jiù shì gù yì jī tā wǒ yào kàn kàn tā de dǐ pái CURRENT FOCUS

我其实 就是 故意 激他 我要看看 他的 底牌

“I was actually provoking him on purpose. I wanted to see his hand.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ nǐ yì si shì

你 你意思是

“Y... You mean”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: EXPLAINING STRATEGY
Tone: CALCULATING
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Probing Tactics (探虚实)

In Chinese strategic mindset and business negotiation, deliberately unsettling an opponent to assess their true strength (底牌) is a classical maneuver.

INTENT TAGS: #strategy #clarification #confession
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
故意激 SPOKEN CHUNK

to intentionally provoke / bait someone

Used to describe psychologically baiting someone to elicit an emotional reaction or mistake.

看……底牌 SPOKEN CHUNK

to see someone's bottom line or hidden cards

A metaphor borrowed from card games, widely used in business and conflict contexts for discovering someone's hidden leverage.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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