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《The Knockout》 S1·E21 (37:32) HSK 6
zhè bù jiào fèn dòu hé nǔ lì nǐ zhè jiào jī fā bié rén de tān yù

这不叫奋斗和努力 你这叫激发别人的贪欲

“That is not working hard. You're stimulating others' greed.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 37:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ gēn tā liáo rén yào fèn dòu yào nǔ lì

我跟他聊 人要奋斗 要努力

“I'm just telling him that we have to work hard.”

zhè bù jiào fèn dòu hé nǔ lì nǐ zhè jiào jī fā bié rén de tān yù CURRENT FOCUS

这不 叫奋斗和努力 你这叫激发别人的贪欲

“That is not working hard. You're stimulating others' greed.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǒu le tān yù jiù kòng zhì bú zhù zì jǐ kòng zhì bú zhù zì jǐ

“With greed, one can't control himself. If one can't control himself,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REFUTING ACCUSATION
Tone: SHARP AND ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop pretending you are motivating people; you are deliberately corrupting them for your own gain.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Critique of Sophistry

In Chinese discourse, disguising selfish exploitation under positive slogans like 'hard work' (奋斗) is seen as deeply hypocritical and worthy of sharp ethical exposure.

INTENT TAGS: #refutation #unmasking_hypocrisy #condemnation #moral_critique
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
这不叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

this cannot be called / this isn't

Used to firmly reject someone's benign framing of a situation before offering a harsher, realistic label.

激发别人的贪欲 SPOKEN CHUNK

to arouse or incite others' greed

A formal collocation used when criticizing manipulative or corrupt behavior that exploits human weakness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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