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《The Lead》 S1·E9 (29:18) HSK 3
bié rén qiáo bù qǐ wǒ kě yǐ zì jǐ bù néng qiáo bù qǐ zì jǐ

别人瞧不起我可以 自己不能瞧不起自己

“Others could look down on me, but I couldn't look down on myself.”

《The Lead》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 29:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN liàn dé qiāo dào zuì hǎo

练得敲到最好

“sound better than anyone else's.”

bié rén qiáo bù qǐ wǒ kě yǐ zì jǐ bù néng qiáo bù qǐ zì jǐ CURRENT FOCUS

别人 瞧不起 我可以 自己 不能 瞧不起 自己

“Others could look down on me, but I couldn't look down on myself.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ de qián diū le

我的钱丢了

“I lost my money.”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: SELF ENCOURAGEMENT
Tone: RESOLUTE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Ziqiang (Self-Reliance and Dignity)

Chinese cultural values place tremendous moral weight on inner resilience (自强, zìqiáng) when facing social marginalization or condescension from peers.

INTENT TAGS: #self_encouragement #affirmation #resilience #determination
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
瞧不起 SPOKEN CHUNK

to look down on; to despise

A very common colloquial expression used to describe condescending attitudes toward oneself or others.

可以 SPOKEN CHUNK

tolerable; acceptable

Here used to concede a point pragmatically, meaning 'I can accept/tolerate that others do X'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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