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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E25 (07:51) HSK 7
bú shì nǐ hái shuō bú shì bié zhǎo jiè kǒu le

不是 你还说不是 别找借口了

“It's not that. It's not that? Stop making excuses.”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 07:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà gōng zuò yě bú huì zì jǐ huí lái ya duì bú duì

那工作也不会自己回来呀 对不对

“your job isn't going to come back on its own, right?”

bú shì nǐ hái shuō bú shì bié zhǎo jiè kǒu le CURRENT FOCUS

不是 你 还说 不是 别找借口了

“It's not that. It's not that? Stop making excuses.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi shī wǒ zhī qián nà me nǔ lì dì péi xùn nǐ zhǐ dǎo nǐ

为师我之前那么努力地 培训你 指导你

“I spent so much time training you and teaching you.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Own up to your mistake instead of coming up with pathetic justifications.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Shifu (Mentorship) Authority

In Chinese organizational culture, senior mentors often take parental ownership of their juniors' development, granting them the social license to scold subordinates directly when standards slip.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #dismissal #blame #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
别找借口了 SPOKEN CHUNK

stop making excuses

A direct and blunt imperative used to shut down somebody's justifications when their fault is obvious.

还说不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

still denying it; still daring to say otherwise

Used rhetorically to express exasperation at someone who stubbornly denies a clear mistake.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed after the imperative to express finality and urgent cessation of the behavior.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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