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《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E7 (10:36) HSK 7
bù guò shì wǒ xiū mù shí de xiāo qiǎn bà le nǐ yě tài tái jǔ nǐ zì jǐ le

不过是我 休沐时的消遣罢了 你也太抬举你自己了

“Just a pastime on my rest day. Don't flatter yourself.”

《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 10:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN děng le sān bǎi nián cái yī yù de yǒu yuán rén nǎ

“you waited for 300 years for.”

bù guò shì wǒ xiū mù shí de xiāo qiǎn bà le nǐ yě tài tái jǔ nǐ zì jǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

不过是 我 休沐时的消遣 罢了 你 也太 抬举你自己 了

“Just a pastime on my rest day. Don't flatter yourself.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà líng zhǔ diàn xià huó le duō shǎo suì

那灵主殿下活了多少岁

“How many years have you lived”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: BELITTLING
Tone: CONDESCENDING
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't think you mean anything special to me; you are just a distraction.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face via Aloofness

High-status individuals in Chinese period dramas often maintain an aloof demeanor, belittling emotional attachments to preserve authority and composure.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #dismissal #aloofness #distancing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不过是……罢了 SPOKEN CHUNK

nothing more than... / merely...

A useful grammatical frame to downplay the significance or scale of an event or action.

抬举 SPOKEN CHUNK

to flatter; to think too highly of someone

Often used sarcastically as '太抬举你自己了' (you flatter yourself too much) or modestly as '您抬举我了' (you honor me too much).

Modal Particle「罢了」 (bale) CHANGE OF STATE

Minimizes the importance of the preceding statement, conveying a sense of 'nothing more' or 'merely'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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