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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E19 (26:47) HSK 5
nǐ hái wǎng wài tuī a lín lǎo bǎn

你还往外推啊 林老板

“And you're turning them away, Mr. Lin?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 26:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè yàng de kè rén bié de diàn qǐng dōu qǐng bù lái

“Other stores can't even attract such customers.”

nǐ hái wǎng wài tuī a lín lǎo bǎn CURRENT FOCUS

你还 往外推 啊 林 老板

“And you're turning them away, Mr. Lin?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì gēn nǐ shuō le ma xiàng wǒ men zhè zhǒng diàn

“Didn't I explain this to you? For a place like ours,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: QUESTIONING DECISION
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: PUZZLEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you out of your mind turning down business that everyone else is dying to get?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Customer Retention in Small Business

In Chinese commerce, building patron networks (ke yuan) is essential for survival, making deliberate rejection of high-value patrons an anomaly.

INTENT TAGS: #questioning #criticism #advising #disbelief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
往外推 SPOKEN CHUNK

to push away; to decline or reject business/opportunities

Use this spoken collocation when someone turns down prospective clients, gifts, or good fortune instead of embracing them.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question while signaling strong bewilderment and urging the listener to reconsider.

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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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