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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15 (06:11) HSK 5
yào bú shì nǐ de tí xǐng wǒ men dōu bù zhī dào

要不是你的提醒 我们都不知道

“You gave us the heads-up. Otherwise, we wouldn't know he was faking the sales figures.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 06:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì a wǒ men dōu dé xiè xiè nǐ

“Yeah, we need to thank you.”

yào bú shì nǐ de tí xǐng wǒ men dōu bù zhī dào CURRENT FOCUS

要不是你的提醒 我们 都不知道

“You gave us the heads-up. Otherwise, we wouldn't know he was faking the sales figures.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā jū rán huì zài xiāo liàng shàng gǎo huā yàng

“Otherwise, we wouldn't know he was faking the sales figures.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING GRATITUDE
Tone: SINCERE
Emotion: GRATITUDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Validating Workplace Alliances

Publicly affirming someone's contribution reinforces workplace trust and mutual support against internal malpractice or unfair competition.

INTENT TAGS: #gratitude #acknowledgment #affirmation #solidarity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
要不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

if it were not for; were it not for

Standard spoken counterfactual pattern used to give credit or assign blame for a specific outcome.

提醒 SPOKEN CHUNK

reminder; tip-off; heads-up

Can function as both a verb ('to remind') and a noun ('a timely warning or notice').

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15 (06:11) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus