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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E40 (29:19) HSK 1
yě bù zú wèi jù

也不足为惧

“there was nothing to fear.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E40
TIMECODE: 29:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǐ wéi zhǐ yào dà jú wěn zhù běi mán jí biàn fǎn fù

以为只要大局稳住 北蛮即便反复

“I thought as long as the overall situation was stable, even if Beiman caused trouble again,”

yě bù zú wèi jù CURRENT FOCUS

也不 足为惧

“there was nothing to fear.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ suàn jǐn le rén xīn suàn jǐn le shí jú què méi suàn dào

我算尽了人心 算尽了时局 却没算到

“I calculated human nature and the situation, but I didn't expect”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: EVALUATING THREAT
Tone: REGRETFUL AND SELF-CRITICAL
Emotion: REGRET
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I arrogantly assumed they posed no threat, and that mistake cost me everything.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Strategic Miscalculation (Daji Ju)

Imperial strategists focused on controlling the overall chess board (大局), but overconfidence in broad trends frequently led to disastrous oversights regarding border threats.

INTENT TAGS: #miscalculation #regret #strategic_reflection #admission
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不足为惧 SPOKEN CHUNK

nothing to fear / poses no real threat

A classical four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used in strategic, military, or formal analytical contexts.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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