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《The Tang Mist》 S1·E10 (16:12) HSK 1
yě bù pà zāi gēn tou

也不怕栽跟头

“aren't you afraid of taking a fall?”

《The Tang Mist》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 16:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN chuān bù hé jiǎo de xié

“Wearing shoes that do not fit,”

yě bù pà zāi gēn tou CURRENT FOCUS

也不怕栽跟头

“aren't you afraid of taking a fall?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yī xīn xiǎng chéng wéi hóng miàn nuó shén

“You desired nothing more than to become the Red-Faced Guardian.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: ADMONISHING
Tone: SCATHING
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are aiming way too high for your station and you are bound to fail miserably.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Knowing One's Measure (Liangli Erxing)

Chinese social philosophy cautions heavily against mismatching ambition with capacity, often using metaphors of ill-fitting shoes or tumbling.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #ridicule #cautioning #admonishment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
栽跟头 SPOKEN CHUNK

to suffer a setback; to take a fall

An extremely common colloquial idiom for failing badly due to arrogance or poor judgment.

也不怕 SPOKEN CHUNK

aren't you even afraid of

Rhetorical question opener used to criticize someone's reckless or presumptuous behavior.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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