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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E13 (12:58) HSK 6
xīn zhí kǒu kuài cháng cháng yě huì bèi bié rén dāng qiāng shǐ a

心直口快 常常也会被别人当枪使啊

“Being too outspoken can often lead to you being used by others.”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 12:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhí chǎng rú zhàn chǎng

职场如战场

“The workplace is a battlefield.”

xīn zhí kǒu kuài cháng cháng yě huì bèi bié rén dāng qiāng shǐ a CURRENT FOCUS

心直口快 常常 也会 被别人当枪使 啊

“Being too outspoken can often lead to you being used by others.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me yì si

什么意思

“What do you mean?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ADVISING
Tone: DIDACTIC
Emotion: CAUTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Learn to keep your mouth shut, or smarter people will exploit your bluntness for their own gain.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Restraint in Office Politics

Traditional Chinese interpersonal wisdom values prudence and measured speech over excessive candor to avoid becoming collateral damage in organizational rivalry.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #mentoring #cautionary_advice #workplace_politics
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
心直口快 SPOKEN CHUNK

outspoken; frank and blunt

An idiom describing someone who says whatever is on their mind without calculating the consequences.

当枪使 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be used as a cat's paw; to be manipulated as a weapon

A vivid colloquial idiom meaning someone is tricked into fighting another person's battle.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an advisory, cautionary warmth to soften the warning.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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