野心不小啊

“you've got quite the ambition.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E8

TIMECODE: 06:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY

[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ā chéng

阿诚 →

“Cheng,”

yě xīn bù xiǎo a CURRENT FOCUS

“you've got quite the ambition.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dà gē wǒ hái shì nà jù huà

大哥我还是那句话 →

“Boss, I'll still say the same thing.”

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Scene: Business & Trade

Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY

Tone: PROBING

Emotion: SKEPTICISM

WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

“You're aiming higher than you should, don't get ahead of yourself.”

💡 Cultural Insight: Ambition vs. Overreaching (野心)

While 'ambition' can be neutral or positive in English, '野心' in Chinese frequently denotes excessive, self-serving, or unchecked aspiration.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #evaluating #warning #testing_limits

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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES

野心不小 SPOKEN CHUNK

having no small ambition / quite ambitious

Often carries a cautionary or slightly negative nuance in Chinese, hinting that someone may overreach.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an evaluative, contemplative weight to the observation.

CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY

“but great ambition.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E8 (06:24) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus