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《The Dark Romance》 S1·E12 (33:28) HSK 7
nǐ hái zhēn bié shuō wǒ qiáo bù qǐ tā

你还真别说我瞧不起他

“You know what? I actually look down on him.”

《The Dark Romance》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 33:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN děng dōng chuāng shì fā de shí hòu wèi zì jǐ kāi zuì

“He was prepared to shift the blame when things came to light.”

nǐ hái zhēn bié shuō wǒ qiáo bù qǐ tā CURRENT FOCUS

你还真别说 我 瞧不起 他

“You know what? I actually look down on him.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù píng tā nà chū zhōng hái méi bì yè de wén píng tā néng biān chū nà shén me

“He didn't even graduate from the middle school, so how could he invent that... [Dongchuan Public Security Department]”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: JUSTIFYING DISDAIN
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You can judge me for being snobbish, but he truly is incapable and completely beneath respect.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Credentialism and Intellectual Dismissal

Formal educational credentials (文凭) are heavily emphasized in Chinese society, making a lack of formal schooling a common justification for questioning someone's intellect or competence.

INTENT TAGS: #defending_stance #disparagement #condescension #rationalization
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你还真别说 SPOKEN CHUNK

you really shouldn't say; you know what / oddly enough

A pragmatic discourse marker used either to introduce an undeniable reality or to push back against the listener's criticism of the speaker's stance.

瞧不起 SPOKEN CHUNK

to look down upon; to disdain

A standard compound verb expressing deep contempt or low evaluation of someone's competence, character, or social status.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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