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《Light to the Night》 S1·E13 (45:54) HSK 7
duō diū rén tài méi běn shì le

多丢人 太没本事了

“it'll only make me look bad as your mentor. It shows how incapable I am.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 45:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zì jǐ de tú dì shòu le shāng xiǎn de wǒ zhè dāng shī fù de

我自己的徒弟受了伤 显得我这当师父的

“If I let my apprentice get hurt, it'll only make me look bad as your mentor.”

duō diū rén tài méi běn shì le CURRENT FOCUS

多 丢人 太 没本事 了

“it'll only make me look bad as your mentor. It shows how incapable I am.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gǔn

滚

“Go away.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SELF DEPRECATING CRITICISM
Tone: SELF_DEPRECATING
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I failed to protect you and feel awful that you got hurt under my watch.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Master-Apprentice Responsibility (Shifu)

In traditional Chinese workplace mentorship, a master feels deeply responsible for an apprentice's safety and performance, viewing any failure as a direct blow to their own face.

INTENT TAGS: #self_reproach #face_saving #venting #camaraderie
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
多丢人 SPOKEN CHUNK

how humiliating; what an embarrassment

Use to dramatically express that a situation causes severe loss of face.

没本事 SPOKEN CHUNK

lacking ability; incompetent

A blunt colloquial description often used in self-criticism or harsh scolding.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a modal particle reinforcing the extreme degree of incompetence ('太...了').

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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