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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E31 (15:26) HSK 5
nǐ zhí jiē shuō bù jiù xíng le nǐ jiù kàn yī yǎn

你直接说不就行了 你就看一眼

“Just say it directly, okay? Just take a look.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 15:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shào yún fēi nǐ kàn kàn wǒ jiù zuò zài nǐ duì miàn

邵云飞 你看看 我就坐在你对面

“Shao Yunfei. Look at this. I'm sitting right across from you.”

nǐ zhí jiē shuō bù jiù xíng le nǐ jiù kàn yī yǎn CURRENT FOCUS

你 直接说不就行了 你就 看一眼

“Just say it directly, okay? Just take a look.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè xiē dōu shì wǒ dào tiān duō jì zhě zhàn yǐ hòu xiě de

这些都是 我到天多记者站以后 写的

“These are all things I wrote after I arrived at the Tianduo press station.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PLEADING
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Minimizing Requests

Using diminutive action measures like '看一眼' (take a quick glance) minimizes the requested effort, making it harder for the listener to refuse.

INTENT TAGS: #requesting #urging #impatience #simplifying
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不就行了 SPOKEN CHUNK

wouldn't that do / isn't that fine

A rhetorical question commonly used to propose a simpler alternative and show slight impatience.

看一眼 SPOKEN CHUNK

take a glance / look for a second

A verbal phrase using the verbal classifier '一眼' to minimize the burden of the request.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Used at the end of the rhetorical structure '不就行了' to indicate resolution and convenience.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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