《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E6 (32:24)
HSK 4
xiǎo gè ér bù gāo pí qì bù xiǎo
小个儿不高 脾气不小
“She's small, but she's got quite a temper.”
《Hold A Court Now》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 32:24
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wáng fǎ guān wáng fǎ guān
王法官王法官
“Judge Wang, yes.”
xiǎo gè ér bù gāo pí qì bù xiǎo
CURRENT FOCUS
小个儿不高 脾气不小
“She's small, but she's got quite a temper.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
mā zěn me yàng xià bān le ma
妈 怎么样 下班了吗
“Hello, Mom. So, how's it going? Are you off yet?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
EVALUATING CHARACTER
Tone:
WRY
Emotion:
AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She might be tiny, but she sure packs a fiery punch.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Symmetrical Colloquial Antithesis
Colloquial Chinese frequently relies on rhythmic, parallel negative phrasing ('小...不高, 脾气不小') to create memorable, humorous character descriptions.
INTENT TAGS:
#characterization
#teasing
#observation
#irony
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
个儿不高
SPOKEN CHUNK
short in stature
A standard casual spoken descriptor for someone of short height.
脾气不小
SPOKEN CHUNK
having quite a fiery temper
Use this to describe someone who gets angry easily, is stubborn, or stands their ground aggressively.
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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)
《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E6 (32:24) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus