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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E5 (18:17) HSK 6
shì ràng nǐ bāng wǒ kàn diàn zhuàn qián de

是让你帮我看店赚钱的

“to help me run the place and make money,”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 18:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ jiào nǐ lái dāng zhè ge zhǎng guì de

我叫你来当这个掌柜的

“I hired you as the manager”

shì ràng nǐ bāng wǒ kàn diàn zhuàn qián de CURRENT FOCUS

是 让你帮 我看 店 赚钱 的

“to help me run the place and make money,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì lái jiǎng gē men er yì qì

不是来讲哥们儿义气

“not to play the loyal brother”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CLARIFYING EXPECTATIONS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do your job and focus on the bottom line, not on personal favors.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Business over Brotherhood (亲情/义气与利益)

In Chinese commercial culture, hiring friends or acquaintances often creates friction between 'yiqi' (brotherhood/loyalty) and the pragmatic reality of generating commercial profit.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #expectation_setting #business_focus #assertiveness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
看店 SPOKEN CHUNK

to mind the shop / to look after the store

Common everyday term for tending a storefront or business.

赚钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make money / to earn a profit

Standard conversational expression for generating income or business profit.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in the '是...的' focus construction to emphasize the underlying purpose of hiring the individual.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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