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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E15 (09:38) HSK 1
dào xiàn zài hái zì bù liàng lì

到现在还自不量力

“Still overestimating yourself even now.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 09:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN chuò chuò yǒu yú

绰绰有余

“would be more than easy.”

dào xiàn zài hái zì bù liàng lì CURRENT FOCUS

到现在还 自不量力

“Still overestimating yourself even now.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái zhēn shì yǒu qù nǐ wèi hé yào zhè bān duì wǒ

还真是有趣 你为何要这般对我

“How amusing. Why would you do this to me?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: MOCKING WEAKNESS
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Know your place; you have already lost.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Idiomatic Derision

Using classical four-character idioms (Chengyu) in confrontations lends authoritative weight and sharp rhetorical sting to a verbal attack.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #mockery #asserting_dominance #provocation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
到现在还 SPOKEN CHUNK

even now; still at this point

Expresses disbelief that someone persists in a mistaken behavior despite circumstances.

自不量力 SPOKEN CHUNK

overestimating one's abilities; punching above one's weight

A common four-character idiom used to sharply criticize someone who takes on an impossible challenge.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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