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《Wonder Wall》 S1·E7 (23:10) HSK 2
wǒ zhēn shì qiáo bù shàng zhè yàng de

我真是瞧不上这样的

“on that kind of behavior.”

《Wonder Wall》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 23:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ dé jué de zhè zhǒng rén

我得觉得这种人

“I'd have looked down”

wǒ zhēn shì qiáo bù shàng zhè yàng de CURRENT FOCUS

我 真是 瞧不上 这样 的

“on that kind of behavior.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì tā gàn zhè shì ba

但是他干这事吧

“But seeing him do all this,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPRESSING CONTEMPT
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Judgment in Social Circles

Sharing strong disdain for a third party serves as an in-group bonding mechanism in Chinese informal conversation, reinforcing shared moral values.

INTENT TAGS: #disapproval #judgment #contempt #venting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
瞧不上 SPOKEN CHUNK

to look down upon / to hold in contempt

An idiomatic colloquial alternative to 看不起, used in conversational Mandarin to express strong disapproval or disdain.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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