《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15 (30:42)
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nǐ yào shì xiǎng zài gōng sī wǎng shàng pá
你要是想在公司往上爬
“If you want to climb higher,”
《The Glamorous Night》
S1·E15
TIMECODE: 30:42
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bái dé ruì zhī chí zhào méi
白德瑞支持赵玫
“Barry supports Zhao Mei.”
nǐ yào shì xiǎng zài gōng sī wǎng shàng pá
CURRENT FOCUS
你要是 想在公司 往上爬
“If you want to climb higher,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
jiù xū yào wǒ tǐng nǐ
就需要我挺你
“you need my backing.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
SETTING CONDITIONS
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
AMBITION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have ambition, but you can't make it without joining my side.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Corporate Patronage and Factionalism
In Chinese business culture, career advancement often depends heavily on backing the right patron (站队) and securing institutional support rather than sheer individual effort.
INTENT TAGS:
#bargaining
#power_play
#alliance_building
#persuasion
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
往上爬
SPOKEN CHUNK
to climb the corporate ladder / to advance career-wise
A vivid and slightly cynical colloquial expression often used to describe striving for promotion within a hierarchy.
你要是
SPOKEN CHUNK
if you...
A very common colloquial variant of '如果' (if) used to introduce conditions in spoken Mandarin.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
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