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《Dog Man》 S1·E4 (28:45) HSK 7
nǐ men lěng zhàn bǐ chǎo jià gèng kě pà zhī bù zhī dào ?

你们冷战比吵架更可怕 知不知道?

“Cold wars are worse than actual fights, okay?”

《Dog Man》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 28:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi yǒu chǎo jià ?

没有吵架?

“That's exactly the problem.”

nǐ men lěng zhàn bǐ chǎo jià gèng kě pà zhī bù zhī dào ? CURRENT FOCUS

你们 冷战 比 吵架 更可怕 知不知道 ?

“Cold wars are worse than actual fights, okay?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN éi tì páng biān rén xiǎng yī xià hǎo bù hǎo ?

诶 替旁边人想一下好不好?

“Come on. Think about the people around you for once.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CRITICIZING BEHAVIOR
Tone: EXASPERATED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop acting like everything is fine when it's suffocating everyone around you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Passive Aggression (冷战)

In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, avoiding open confrontation often manifests as prolonged silence, which can be viewed as more toxic than a direct argument because it stifles resolution.

INTENT TAGS: #calling_out #reproaching #venting #mediating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
冷战 SPOKEN CHUNK

cold war / silent treatment

Used metaphorically to describe interpersonal situations where people refuse to speak to each other after a disagreement.

知不知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

do you know? / don't you realize?

Often added at the end of a rhetorical question to demand accountability or emphasize urgency.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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