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《Road to Success》 S1·E10 (37:02) HSK 2
nǐ bú shì zhè ge yì si shén me yì si a bù jiù shì kàn bù shàng

你不是这个意思什么意思啊 不就是看不上

“[No Smoking] Then what did you mean? You just look down on”

《Road to Success》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 37:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yòng dé zhe zhè me guǎi wān mò jiǎo ma wǒ bú shì zhè ge yì si

“-Why beat around the bush? -That's not what I mean. [No Smoking]”

nǐ bú shì zhè ge yì si shén me yì si a bù jiù shì kàn bù shàng CURRENT FOCUS

你 不是这个意思 什么意思啊 不就是 看不上

“[No Smoking] Then what did you mean? You just look down on”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men xué xí chéng jì bù hǎo de hái zi ma bú shì bú shì bú shì

“our kids with poor grades, don't you? No, no.”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: CHALLENGING DENIAL
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop lying and pretending to be fair; you simply look down on my kid.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Academic Performance Anxiety

In Chinese society, academic success is strongly tied to family honor and future security, making parents extremely hypersensitive to any perceived prejudice by teachers.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #accusing #calling_out #demanding_explanation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是这个意思 SPOKEN CHUNK

not what one meant; did not mean that

A very common phrase used to clarify misunderstandings or reject accusations during disagreements.

看不上 SPOKEN CHUNK

to look down upon; to disdain

Use this spoken collocation when describing someone's snobbish attitude toward people or things they consider inferior.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Intensifies the rhetorical question, adding emotional urgency and sharp hostility.

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4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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