《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35 (15:23)
HSK 4
kǒng pà shì dà cái xiǎo yòng le
恐怕是大材小用了
“is a waste of your talent.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E35
TIMECODE: 15:23
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
rú jīn zhè bān diào pèi
如今这般调配
“This assignment”
kǒng pà shì dà cái xiǎo yòng le
CURRENT FOCUS
恐怕是 大材小用 了
“is a waste of your talent.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wú xiōng guò yù le
吴兄过誉了
“You flatter me, Wu.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
FLATTERING
Tone:
FLATTERING
Emotion:
ADMIRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Complimentary Etiquette and Overpraise (Ke-tao)
Labeling someone's position as 'da cai xiao yong' is standard polite flattery to honor their capabilities, routinely met with modest deflection such as 'guo yu le' (you flatter me).
INTENT TAGS:
#flattery
#complimenting
#praising_talent
#courtesy
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
大材小用
SPOKEN CHUNK
using a great talent for a petty assignment; wasting talent
A set idiom widely used to compliment someone as being overqualified for their current job or post.
Modal Particle「了」 (le)
CHANGE OF STATE
Conveys a change of situation or marks realization regarding the evaluation.
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2 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)
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35 (15:23) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus