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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E7 (35:43) HSK 5
hái shì qǐng nǐ tì wǒ men qù

还是请你替我们去

“Please meet her”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 35:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wū rǎn le nǚ ér de yǎn jīng hé sī xiǎng

“to pollute my daughter's mind.”

hái shì qǐng nǐ tì wǒ men qù CURRENT FOCUS

还是 请你 替我们去

“Please meet her”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gēn tā men jiàn yī xià

跟她们见一下

“on our behalf.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: DELEGATING TASK
Tone: PLEADING YET EARNEST
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We do not want to deal with them directly, so handle this for us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Intermediary in Conflict Avoidance

In Chinese social interactions, using a trusted intermediary to meet conflicting parties prevents direct confrontation and preserves social harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #delegation #avoidance #request #persuasion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
替我们 SPOKEN CHUNK

on our behalf / for us

Used before an action verb to indicate substituting or acting on behalf of someone else.

还是请你 SPOKEN CHUNK

we'd still prefer to ask you to

Combines a preference marker with a polite request to persuade the listener to accept a task.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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