《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E15 (38:42)
HSK 7
nǐ zì jǐ nà liǎng xià zi nǐ zì jǐ xīn lǐ méi shù shì bú shì
你自己那两下子 你自己心里没数 是不是
“Don't you know your limits?”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E15
TIMECODE: 38:42
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
kǎo yán
考研
“Graduate school?”
nǐ zì jǐ nà liǎng xià zi nǐ zì jǐ xīn lǐ méi shù shì bú shì
CURRENT FOCUS
你 自己 那 两下子 你 自己 心里没数 是不是
“Don't you know your limits?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
gāo kǎo de shí hòu yào bú shì gěi nǐ sòng dào shì lǐ biān de bǔ xí bān
高考的时候 要不是给你送到 市里边的补习班
“If I hadn't sent you to that cram school in the city for the college entrance examination,”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
REBUKING AND BELITTLING
Tone:
BLUNT
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are not smart enough to pull this off on your own, so stop being delusional.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tough-Love Parental Realism
Chinese parents frequently use blunt deflating remarks to prevent their children from overreaching and facing disappointment.
INTENT TAGS:
#deflating
#criticism
#reality_check
#reproach
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
两下子
SPOKEN CHUNK
a couple of tricks; limited skills or capability
Often used in colloquial Northern Mandarin to describe someone's modest abilities, either modestly or dismissively.
心里没数
SPOKEN CHUNK
to lack self-awareness; to not know one's own limits
A highly common spoken idiom used to criticize someone for being unrealistic or ungrounded.
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4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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