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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15 (03:50) HSK 5
nǐ jiù méi xiǎng guò yào zhēng qǔ tā de zhī chí a

你就没想过要争取他的支持啊

“Didn't you ever think about winning him over?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 03:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng de měi

想的美

“In his dreams.”

nǐ jiù méi xiǎng guò yào zhēng qǔ tā de zhī chí a CURRENT FOCUS

你就 没想过 要 争取 他的支持啊

“Didn't you ever think about winning him over?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàng tā zhè zhǒng wán fǎ jiù suàn tā bāng wǒ dāng shàng le xiāo shòu zǒng jiān

像他这种玩法 就算他帮我当上了销售总监

“The way he operates... Even if he helped me become Sales Director,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROPOSING ALTERNATIVE
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You need his help to move up; why are you being so stubborn?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Political Alliances

In Chinese business culture, career advancement often depends heavily on cultivating patrons and securing backing from influential superiors.

INTENT TAGS: #advising #probing #encouraging #strategizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
争取...的支持 SPOKEN CHUNK

to strive for someone's support

A useful workplace collocation when discussing lobbying or building alliances.

就没想过 SPOKEN CHUNK

haven't even considered

Used in rhetorical questions to point out an obvious oversight in someone's strategy.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative tone into a friendly prompt rather than an interrogation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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