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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25 (04:34) HSK 4
zài shuō le zài duì lǐ

再说了 在队里

“Besides, in the team,”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 04:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn tā yě zhǐ huì shuō wǒ xiàng gè fù duì zhǎng

“But he only said I'm like a deputy captain.”

zài shuō le zài duì lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

再说了 在队里

“Besides, in the team,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ de tǐ lì bù suàn shì zuì hǎo de

“I'm not the strongest physically,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: SELF DEPRECATION
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: MODESTY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't hold me to that high standard—I'm not even close to being the strongest one here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Qianxu (Modesty/Downplaying Status)

Pointing out one's own physical limitations or shortcomings is a common Chinese modesty strategy to reject premature promotion or exaggerated titles.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #justification #downplaying #modesty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
再说了 SPOKEN CHUNK

besides; furthermore; what's more

An essential spoken discourse marker used to add a supplementary, often decisive justification or excuse.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms part of the fixed discourse marker '再说了' to shift focus to an additional supporting point.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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