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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E32 (06:56) HSK 7
bú shì zhè gōng rén yào gōng zī yě shì tiān jīng dì yì de shì

不是 这工人要工资 也是天经地义的 是

“Listen, - you must pay them on time. - Yes.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 06:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi dìng dān méi huó gàn wǒ ná shén me gěi tā men jié ma

没订单 没活干 我拿什么给他们结嘛

“No orders, no work! How can I pay them then?”

bú shì zhè gōng rén yào gōng zī yě shì tiān jīng dì yì de shì CURRENT FOCUS

不是 这工人要工资 也是 天经地义 的 是

“Listen, - you must pay them on time. - Yes.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ méi huó gàn nǐ yě bù néng guài tā men ya shì

你没活干 你也不能怪他们呀 是

“You can't blame them because you have no orders. Yeah.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: MEDIATING CONFLICT
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop making excuses; you cannot blame the workers for demanding what they rightfully earned.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Wage Arrears and Moral Legitimacy

In Chinese society, paying labor wages is considered a fundamental moral baseline; failing to pay wages draws severe ethical criticism regardless of business distress.

INTENT TAGS: #refuting #moral_appealing #defending_others #reasoning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
天经地义 SPOKEN CHUNK

completely justified and universally accepted; a matter of course

Use this idiom when arguing that an action, right, or moral obligation is unassailable and indisputable.

要工资 SPOKEN CHUNK

to demand unpaid wages

A common spoken phrase used by laborers or employees demanding back pay.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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