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《The Lead》 S1·E10 (35:08) HSK 7
nà shí hòu shì luó zi shì mǎ kě dé lā chū lái liú

那时候是骡子是马 可得拉出来遛

“Then, whatever she's got, she'll have to show it.”

《The Lead》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 35:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guò liǎng tiān yī kǎo shì yào fēn zhè ge péi yǎng fāng xiàng

过两天 一考试 要分这个培养方向

“But once the exam starts, they'll assign training tracks.”

nà shí hòu shì luó zi shì mǎ kě dé lā chū lái liú CURRENT FOCUS

那时候 是骡子是马 可得 拉出来 遛

“Then, whatever she's got, she'll have to show it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā shēn shàng yìng chéng zhè

她身上硬成这

“She's this stiff,”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: EMPHASIZING SCRUTINY
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“There is nowhere to hide once the exam starts, so real competence will be exposed immediately.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Trial by Action (是骡子是马拉出来遛遛)

A pervasive Chinese folk mindset holding that theoretical talk means nothing until one's actual skills are publicly tested and verified.

INTENT TAGS: #evaluating #warning #testing_readiness #demanding_proof
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
是骡子是马 SPOKEN CHUNK

whether one is truly capable or just pretending

First half of a classic idiom used to challenge someone to prove their worth under real conditions.

拉出来遛 SPOKEN CHUNK

bring out to test or showcase in public

Second half of the idiom, commonly applied to testing skills, software, or personnel.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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