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《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E6 (01:58) HSK 6
bù guò shì zhǎng gōng zhǔ xiū rǔ rén de jì liǎng

不过是长公主羞辱人的伎俩

“Her Highness was just trying to humiliate me”

《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 01:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shā wǒ tā cháo táng bì luàn

杀我 她朝堂必乱

“It would plunge the court into chaos.”

bù guò shì zhǎng gōng zhǔ xiū rǔ rén de jì liǎng CURRENT FOCUS

不过是 长 公主 羞辱 人的 伎俩

“Her Highness was just trying to humiliate me”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎng chū kǒu qì bà le

想出口气罢了

“and vent her spite.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: DISMISSING IMPORTANCE
Tone: SCORNFUL
Emotion: DISDAIN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She cannot actually kill me, so she is just acting out pettily to save face.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Strategic Belittlement

Labeling an imperial adversary's scheme as a mere 'trick' (伎俩) is a classic rhetorical device to project moral and intellectual superiority in court politics.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #dismissal #reassurance #contempt
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不过是 SPOKEN CHUNK

merely; nothing more than

Employed to diminish the significance, severity, or dignity of an event or adversary's actions.

羞辱人的伎俩 SPOKEN CHUNK

tricks/schemes to humiliate people

A derogatory phrase used to characterize an opponent's maneuvers as cheap and unprincipled.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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