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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E2 (12:32) HSK 1
bái xuě gōng zhǔ hòu mā kàn dào dōu zì cán xíng huì de nà zhǒng

白雪公主后妈 看到都自惭形秽的那种

“The kind that would put Snow White's stepmother to shame.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 12:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN liǎn shuā yī xià jiù biàn le

脸唰一下就变了

“Once she saw me, her face instantly changed.”

bái xuě gōng zhǔ hòu mā kàn dào dōu zì cán xíng huì de nà zhǒng CURRENT FOCUS

白雪 公主 后妈 看到 都 自惭形秽 的那种

“The kind that would put Snow White's stepmother to shame.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xíng le xíng le xiāo xiāo qì xiāo xiāo qì

行了行了 消消气 消消气

“Alright. Calm down.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Humorous Pop-Culture Hyperbole (借喻夸张)

Modern Chinese conversational speech frequently borrows well-known global fairy-tale villains to humorously amplify dramatic descriptions of unpleasant personalities.

INTENT TAGS: #hyperbole #complaining #mockery #venting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
自惭形秽 SPOKEN CHUNK

to feel ashamed of one's own inferiority; to feel eclipsed

An idiomatic expression used when comparing oneself to someone significantly superior or more extreme.

……的那种 SPOKEN CHUNK

the kind that...; the sort of...

Colloquial tag placed at the end of descriptive phrases to summarize a distinctive type or degree.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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