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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E17 (27:44) HSK 2
rén dé zhī dào zì jǐ jǐ jīn jǐ liǎng

人得知道 自己几斤几两

“You need to know your own limits.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 27:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guāng yǒu gàn jìn méi yòng

光有干劲没用

“Drive alone isn't enough.”

rén dé zhī dào zì jǐ jǐ jīn jǐ liǎng CURRENT FOCUS

人 得知道 自己 几斤几两

“You need to know your own limits.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhī qián chī guò de kuī hái bù gòu ma

“Haven't you learned enough from the setbacks you've had?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: CRITICIZING OVERCONFIDENCE
Tone: BLUNT AND DIDACTIC
Emotion: DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be realistic and stop biting off more than you can chew.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-Awareness of Limitations (Zizhi Zhi Ming)

Traditional Chinese pragmatism prizes sober self-assessment and cautions strongly against hubris or overstepping one's social and financial boundaries.

INTENT TAGS: #admonishing #deflating #lecturing #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
几斤几两 SPOKEN CHUNK

one's true weight / one's real ability or worth

A common spoken idiom meaning knowing one's place or realistic capability, often used in self-reflection or admonishment.

人得知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

one must know / people ought to realize

Used to impart moral lessons or practical life truths in spoken advice.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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