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《The Knockout》 S1·E5 (38:41) HSK 7
nǐ men liǎ jiù dōu bié zài wǒ miàn qián chuāi zhe míng bái zhuāng hú tú le

你们俩就都别在我面前 揣着明白装糊涂了

“Stop pretending in front of me, both of you.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 38:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xíng le xíng le

行了 行了

“Enough.”

nǐ men liǎ jiù dōu bié zài wǒ miàn qián chuāi zhe míng bái zhuāng hú tú le CURRENT FOCUS

你们俩就都别在我面前 揣着明白装糊涂 了

“Stop pretending in front of me, both of you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shuō nǐ men liǎng jiā dǎ le jǐ nián le

你说你们两家 打了几年了

“How many years have you been fighting against each other?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEMANDING EXPLANATION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Cut the act—I know exactly what both of you are up to.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Zhuang Hutu (Playing Dumb as Strategy)

Feigning foolishness or ignorance (装糊涂) is a traditional Chinese interpersonal strategy to avoid blame or direct confrontation, which this speaker forcefully dismantles.

INTENT TAGS: #unmasking #confrontation #calling_out #authority
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
揣着明白装糊涂 SPOKEN CHUNK

to pretend to be ignorant while fully understanding the truth

A very vivid colloquial idiom used when someone intentionally plays dumb to evade responsibility or conflict.

别在我面前 SPOKEN CHUNK

don't do that in front of me

Used assertively to reject someone's performative or insincere behavior in your presence.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Signals a change of state, demanding the immediate cessation of their current behavior.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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