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《Vanished Name》 S1·E27 (31:39) HSK 7
tā jiù shì gè zì sī yòu tān lán de shǎ zi

他就是个自私又贪婪的傻子

“He's just a selfish, greedy fool.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 31:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rú shí huí dá

如实回答

“I'm asking you. Answer truthfully.”

tā jiù shì gè zì sī yòu tān lán de shǎ zi CURRENT FOCUS

他就是 个 自私又贪婪 的 傻子

“He's just a selfish, greedy fool.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā zěn me kě néng zhī dào

他怎么可能知道

“How could he possibly know?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHARACTER DISPARAGEMENT
Tone: DERISIVE
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't bother taking him seriously; he only cares about easy money and knows nothing.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Labeling Moral Failure (Tanyu and Zisi)

In Chinese moral assessment, combining selfishness (自私) and greed (贪婪) represents the lowest baseline of trustworthiness, completely voiding a person's credibility.

INTENT TAGS: #discrediting #derision #dismissal #character_judgment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就是个 SPOKEN CHUNK

is simply nothing more than; is just a

A dismissive spoken formula used before negative descriptors to reduce someone's entire character to a single flaw.

自私又贪婪 SPOKEN CHUNK

selfish and greedy

A parallel adjective construction ('又...又...') commonly paired to describe moral corruption.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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