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阴

Yīn / yīn / yīn
HSK 2

English Meaning

(Yīn) surname Yin | (yīn) overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia | (yīn) variant of 阴

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
怎么会搞出这么多阴谋诡计呢?
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“There must be someone else pulling the strings behind him; he's nowhere near smart enough to pull this off.”

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这吴山龙脑瓜子也不怎么灵光

“Wu Shanlong isn't smart.”

“How could he devise so many plans?”

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赵姐 出来了 赵姐 你气质真的好好

“Ms. Zhao, you're out. Ms. Zhao, you look so beautiful.”

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老解 你不要阴阳怪气的好吧 我也不想这样子啊
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💡 INTENT:

“Stop taking your frustration out on me with that tone; it is not my fault either.”

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你赶紧回来吧

“Come back now.”

“Xie, stop being sarcastic, okay? I don't want it this way.”

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小家小家那样

“Small families are like that, and big families like this.”

《小城大事》 · crisis_and_conflict
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怎么阴差阳错地 就开始领兵了
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💡 INTENT:

“I never planned for this; it just happened through sheer crazy coincidence.”

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我自己也没明白

“I don't quite understand it myself either.”

“[Ye] How did I, by some twist of fate, end up leading troops?”

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但你别说

“But I have to say,”

《良陈美锦》 · historical_and_court
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