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《The Lead》 S1·E10 (21:21) HSK 6
hái bú shì yīn wèi nǐ nà yī sǎng zi

还不是因为你那一嗓子

“It was because you yelled.”

《The Lead》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 21:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě bù néng zhí jiē cóng nà lóu shàng jiù xià lái ma

也不能直接从那楼上就下来嘛

“you couldn't just jump from that building.”

hái bú shì yīn wèi nǐ nà yī sǎng zi CURRENT FOCUS

还不是因为你 那一嗓子

“It was because you yelled.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhè zhǒng xiā sóng ( huài rén ) zǎ néng zhǐ guān le liǎng tiān jiù bèi fàng chū lái le

你这种瞎𪨊(坏人) 咋能只关了两天就被放出来了

“A bad guy like you gets out after just two days?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SHIFTING BLAME
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't lecture me, this is entirely your fault for screaming!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Counter-accusation in Dispute

In intense Chinese disputes, turning a rhetorical question back onto the accuser with '还不是因为' is a classic defense mechanism to regain emotional leverage.

INTENT TAGS: #blaming #defensiveness #retaliation #complaint
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
还不是因为 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it all because of...

A rhetorical phrase commonly used to place blame or explain an inevitable cause with an annoyed tone.

那一嗓子 SPOKEN CHUNK

that sudden shout/holler

Colloquial northern Chinese expression referring to a sudden vocalization, shout, or scream.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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