《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E17 (40:02)
HSK 7
nà shì bān qǐ shí tóu zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
那是搬起石头 砸自己的脚
“That is shooting ourselves in the foot.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E17
TIMECODE: 40:02
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shǒu xiān wǒ bù tóng yì fā zhèng
首先 我不同意发证
“First, I don't agree with issuing permits.”
nà shì bān qǐ shí tóu zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
CURRENT FOCUS
那是 搬起石头 砸 自己的 脚
“That is shooting ourselves in the foot.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ yī fā zhèng
你一发证
“Once you start issuing permits,”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
WARNING
Tone:
EMPHATIC
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“If we do this foolish thing, we will be the ones to suffer the fallout.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-inflicted Consequences (自作自受)
Using vivid folk idioms like lifting a stone to drop on one's foot is a standard rhetorical device in Chinese debates to depict a course of action as utterly counterproductive.
INTENT TAGS:
#warning
#opposing
#deterring
#criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
搬起石头砸自己的脚
SPOKEN CHUNK
shoot oneself in the foot; lift a rock only to crush one's own toes
A classic Chinese proverb used to describe actions that ultimately boomerang back to harm the perpetrator.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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