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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E16 (34:59) HSK 7
xiào zhǔ biān wǒ kě yǐ yòng wǒ de zhí yè fā shì wǒ zhè liǎng piān wén zhāng lǐ miàn

肖主编 我可以用我的职业发誓 我这两篇文章里面

“Editor Xiao, I swear by my profession that in my two articles,”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 34:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì shí céng miàn yǒu wèn tí a

事实层面有问题啊

“Any problem with the facts?”

xiào zhǔ biān wǒ kě yǐ yòng wǒ de zhí yè fā shì wǒ zhè liǎng piān wén zhāng lǐ miàn CURRENT FOCUS

肖主编 我可以 用我的职业发誓 我这两篇文章里面

“Editor Xiao, I swear by my profession that in my two articles,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiě de měi yí gè zì dōu shì shì shí

写的每一个字都是事实

“every word written is true.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ASSURING AND DEFENDING
Tone: SINCERE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Chief Editor Xiao, I stake my entire professional reputation on this—I did not fabricate any facts, and you can trust my work completely.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Editor-in-Chief and Professional Ethics

In Chinese media and workplace culture, the 'zhu bian' (editor-in-chief) is the direct supervisor responsible for content review. Media professionals view objectivity and truthfulness as their ultimate professional baseline, so 'swearing on one's career' serves as the highest form of self-vindication to assert professional integrity and absolute certainty.

INTENT TAGS: #defending oneself #guaranteeing #showing determination #proving one's innocence
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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用……发誓 SPOKEN CHUNK

to swear on something as a solemn guarantee

Commonly used when facing doubt to strongly demonstrate credibility and win the other party's trust; in spoken Chinese, it is often followed by objects such as 'my character', 'my life', or 'my career'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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