《Road to Success》 S1·E3 (03:23)
HSK 2
kàn pò bù shuō pò a
看破不说破啊
“Don't call him out.”
《Road to Success》
S1·E3
TIMECODE: 03:23
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
kàn pò bù shuō pò a
CURRENT FOCUS
看破不说破 啊
“Don't call him out.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
shì
是
“Yes.”
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Scene:
School & Education
Function:
ADMONISHING TACTFULLY
Tone:
PLAYFUL
Emotion:
EMBARRASSMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are right, but please don't say it out loud and embarrass me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mianzi and Tacit Understanding
Chinese social norms emphasize protecting dignity by maintaining a mutual silence about awkward or romantic truths rather than pointing them out bluntly.
INTENT TAGS:
#face_saving
#hushing
#teasing
#acknowledgment
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
看破不说破
SPOKEN CHUNK
to see through something but keep quiet about it
A very popular modern colloquial idiom used when someone states an obvious truth that should have remained unsaid out of tact or courtesy.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the mild reprimand, turning it into a friendly, teasing reminder rather than a stern command.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Road to Success》 S1·E3 (03:23) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus