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《The Knockout》 S1·E14 (11:58) HSK 4
dài fù yǎn jìng zhuāng dé rén mú gǒu yàng de

戴副眼镜 装得人模狗样的

“You look so pretentious with those glasses.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 11:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ bié jué de zì jǐ niàn guò jǐ běn pò shū jiù liǎo bù qǐ a

“don't consider yourself superior just because you went to a good college.”

dài fù yǎn jìng zhuāng dé rén mú gǒu yàng de CURRENT FOCUS

戴副眼镜 装得 人模狗样 的

“You look so pretentious with those glasses.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ gào sù nǐ wǒ men mǎng cūn yǒu wǒ men zì jǐ de cūn bàn qǐ yè

我告诉你 我们莽村 有我们自己的村办企业

“Let me tell you. People in Mang Village are running our own business.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: INSULTING
Tone: SCORNFUL
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think you're better than us just because you look educated, but you're a hypocrite.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Anti-Intellectual Derogation (人模狗样)

In grassroots or rural conflicts, symbols of formal education such as glasses or formal suits are sometimes mocked as hypocritical pretenses used to deceive ordinary folk.

INTENT TAGS: #provocation #insult #contempt #belittling
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
戴副眼镜 SPOKEN CHUNK

wearing a pair of glasses

Used literally, but in heated contexts can stereotypically target someone as an arrogant intellectual.

人模狗样 SPOKEN CHUNK

pretending to be decent; dressed up like a gentleman while being despicable

A highly insulting derogatory idiom describing someone who puts on a respectable facade.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Nominalizes the descriptive phrase and reinforces the contemptuous depiction.

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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