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《The Knockout》 S1·E21 (36:30) HSK 6
yī yǎn bù jiù kàn dào dǐ le ma jiù shì xiǎng gēn nín tào jìn hū ma

一眼不就看到底了吗 就是想跟您套近乎嘛

“You can see him right through. He just wants to get close to you.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 36:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhēn ràng rén yǒu diǎn zhuō mō bù tòu yǒu shén me mō bù tòu de

“is really hard to predict. What's so hard?”

yī yǎn bù jiù kàn dào dǐ le ma jiù shì xiǎng gēn nín tào jìn hū ma CURRENT FOCUS

一眼 不就 看 到底 了吗 就是 想跟您 套近乎 嘛

“You can see him right through. He just wants to get close to you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī yǎn jiù kàn dào dǐ de rén shì nǐ ba

“You're the one who can be seen through.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: OFFERING AN INTERPRETATION
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't overthink it; they're just an obvious suck-up trying to butter you up.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tao Jinhu (Fawning for Connections)

In Chinese social hierarchy, attempting to artificially shorten relational distance is often recognized and labeled critically by peers.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #flattery #simplification #gossip
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 3 PARTICLES
一眼看到底 SPOKEN CHUNK

completely transparent; see right through at a single glance

Used idiomatically to describe a person whose motives or character are very obvious.

套近乎 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cozy up to; to suck up to; to get chummy

A colloquial term often carrying a slightly critical nuance about someone forcing intimacy.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in rhetorical questions to emphasize completion or certainty.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question expecting clear agreement.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Conveys that the conclusion is obvious and requires no further thought.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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