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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15 (36:35) HSK 5
zhǐ yào yǒu lì yì jiù huì yǒu máo dùn

只要有利益 就会有矛盾

“where there's profit, there's conflict.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 36:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dāng rán

当然

“Of course,”

zhǐ yào yǒu lì yì jiù huì yǒu máo dùn CURRENT FOCUS

只要 有利益 就 会 有矛盾

“where there's profit, there's conflict.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ nǐ wèn wǒ shěn mò huì bú huì bù gāo xìng

所以你问我 沈默会不会不高兴

“So you ask if Shen Mo will be upset?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: STATING A GENERAL TRUTH
Tone: PHILOSOPHICAL
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Of course he is upset—when money and power are involved, friction is inevitable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Realism in Business

In Chinese business culture, seasoned professionals often acknowledge that commercial gain inherently breeds interpersonal friction, treating it as an objective reality rather than personal malice.

INTENT TAGS: #rationalizing #explaining #philosophical #predicting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
只要……就会…… SPOKEN CHUNK

as long as... then...

A fundamental conditional sentence pattern expressing an inevitable cause-and-effect relationship.

有利益 SPOKEN CHUNK

involves self-interest or profit

Commonly used when discussing motivations in business, office politics, or diplomacy.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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