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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E3 (01:49) HSK 5
dōu guài tā zì jǐ kuáng wàng zì dà

都怪他自己狂妄自大

“It's his own arrogance to blame.”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 01:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě yī tóng xiāo huǐ le

也一同销毁了

“they've been disposed of as well.”

dōu guài tā zì jǐ kuáng wàng zì dà CURRENT FOCUS

都怪 他 自己 狂妄自大

“It's his own arrogance to blame.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jìng bù zhī dào dé zuì de shì shén me rén

竟不知道得罪的是什么人

“He didn't even know who he offended.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: APPORTIONING BLAME
Tone: CONDEMNATORY AND UNSYMPATHETIC
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He brought this disaster on himself by overestimating his own importance.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hubris and Retribution

Traditional Chinese culture strongly cautions against excessive pride and failing to know one's place in social hierarchies, viewing hubris as the root cause of inevitable self-destruction.

INTENT TAGS: #blaming #condemnation #justification #dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
狂妄自大 SPOKEN CHUNK

arrogant and overbearing; conceit

A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) frequently employed in spoken language to strongly criticize hubris and inflated self-worth.

都怪 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is entirely due to / all to blame on

Used to place the blame directly onto a specific person, behavior, or external factor.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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