《River Sunset》 S1·E12 (37:13)
HSK 6
kě shì tā cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
可是他聪明反被聪明误
“But his cleverness backfired.”
《River Sunset》
S1·E12
TIMECODE: 37:13
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhēn shì jiǎo huá de hú lí
真是狡猾的狐狸
“He's a cunning fox.”
kě shì tā cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
CURRENT FOCUS
可是 他 聪明反被聪明误
“But his cleverness backfired.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
hái tì wǒ men zhuǎn yí shào xiào
还替我们转移少校
“He even bought us time”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
GLOATING ASSESSMENT
Tone:
SMUG
Emotion:
SATISFACTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Overcleverness Backfiring
Reflects the traditional Chinese philosophical belief, rooted in Daoism and classical literature like Dream of the Red Chamber, that excessive schemers inevitably invite their own ruin.
INTENT TAGS:
#mockery
#critique
#assessment
#gloating
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
聪明反被聪明误
SPOKEN CHUNK
too clever for one's own good; outsmarted by one's own cunning
A common idiomatic saying used to comment on someone whose over-elaborate schemes ultimately brought about their own downfall.
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2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《River Sunset》 S1·E12 (37:13) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus