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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11 (15:22) HSK 4
nǐ men kàn tā zhè ge hú jiǎo mán chán de yàng zi

你们看他这个胡搅蛮缠的样子

“Look at how unreasonable he is.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 15:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhāng tài tài zhāng xiān shēng zán men nǎ kě dōu shì zhèng jīng rén

“Mrs. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, we are all decent people.”

nǐ men kàn tā zhè ge hú jiǎo mán chán de yàng zi CURRENT FOCUS

你们看 他 这个 胡搅蛮缠 的样子

“Look at how unreasonable he is.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù gēn tā shuō bù tōng dào lǐ a nǐ jiù zhí jiē qù xún bǔ fáng jiào jǐ gè rén lái

就跟他说不通道理啊 你就直接去巡捕房叫几个人来

“You can't reason with him. Just go to the police station and get some officers.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: RALLYING SUPPORT
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Look at how impossible he is being; reasoning with him is entirely useless.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Public Judgement (Pingli)

In Chinese social disputes, drawing the attention of onlookers ('look at him') is a tactic to win moral high ground and establish collective consensus before taking further action.

INTENT TAGS: #condemning #rallying_allies #discrediting #escalation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
胡搅蛮缠 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make trouble out of nothing; unreasonable pestering

A common idiomatic phrase used to condemn someone who refuses to listen to logic and continues making baseless demands.

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3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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