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可悲

kě bēi
HSK 7

English Meaning

lamentable

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
你只是很可悲
HSK 7 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Don't flatter yourself by playing the victim; you're just contemptible and weak.”

1. PREVIOUS

你是觉得你自己很可怜吗 不

“do you think you're the victim? No. You're just pathetic.”

2. TARGET TURN 你只是很可悲

“No. You're just pathetic.”

3. NEXT

可悲

“Pathetic.”

《夜色正浓》 · crisis_and_conflict
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真是可悲可叹呐
HSK 7 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“What a pathetic ending, though you brought this upon yourself.”

1. PREVIOUS

最后居然死在自己亲生女儿手里

“only to end up dying at the hands of his own daughter.”

“Tragic... truly tragic.”

3. NEXT

何必在此兔死狐悲

“No need for this hypocritical sympathy.”

《樊笼》 · crisis_and_conflict
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在他眼里 我不过是个可悲的替代品
HSK 7 00:03
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1. PREVIOUS

却又三缄其口 不肯跟我说明白

“But he wouldn't say it outright.”

“In his eyes, I'm just a pathetic substitute”

3. NEXT

却还蒙在鼓里洋洋自得 以为我自己找到了爱情

“who is still smugly thinking that I'd found love.”

《纯真年代的爱情》 · social_and_dating
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