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《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E12 (18:38) HSK 2
yī kàn jiù bú shì shén me hǎo dōng xī

一看就不是什么好东西

“he's obviously not a good person.”

《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 18:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhāng tóu shǔ mù de

獐头鼠目的

“Looking so shifty,”

yī kàn jiù bú shì shén me hǎo dōng xī CURRENT FOCUS

一看就不是什么好东西

“he's obviously not a good person.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN quē shén me shǎo shén me

缺什么少什么

“If you need anything,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Look at him; he's obviously shady and up to no good.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Xiangshu / Judging by Appearance (相由心生)

Chinese cultural intuition often connects physical demeanor directly to moral character, reflected in idioms like 'head of a buck, eyes of a rat' (獐头鼠目).

INTENT TAGS: #disparagement #judgment #warning #suspicion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一看就 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is obvious at first glance that; clearly

Use to introduce an immediate, confident impression based on external visual evidence.

不是什么好东西 SPOKEN CHUNK

no good; a bad egg; up to no good

A blunt, colloquial insult applied to either disreputable people or suspicious objects.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 10 GRAMMAR
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