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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E37 (13:51) HSK 5
dí què bù rú wèi qí lín

的确不如魏祁林

“you truly are no match for Wei Qilin.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E37
TIMECODE: 13:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù guò fán jiāng jūn

不过樊将军

“However, General Fan,”

dí què bù rú wèi qí lín CURRENT FOCUS

的确不如魏祁林

“you truly are no match for Wei Qilin.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiāng yé

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Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: DISAPPOINTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
的确不如 SPOKEN CHUNK

indeed not as good as

Use this structure to agree with or assert that one person or option is genuinely inferior to another.

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