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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E19 (08:30) HSK 3
shì a yí gè jì dù jiù chà bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí

是啊 一个季度就差百分之五十

“Yes, for just one quarter, actually.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 08:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ de tiān nǎ

我的天哪

“My God!”

shì a yí gè jì dù jiù chà bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí CURRENT FOCUS

是啊 一个季度就 差百分之五十

“Yes, for just one quarter, actually.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuō míng qù nián gōng sī zhěng tǐ de liàng zhì shǎo yǒu bǎi fēn zhī sān shí

说明去年公司整体的量 至少有百分之三十

“It means at least 30 percent of last year's total volume is still sitting”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CONFIRMING CONCERN
Tone: SERIOUS
Emotion: WORRY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Validating Workplace Anxiety

Beginning an analytical observation with '是啊' validates the colleague's emotional outburst before transitioning into objective, hard numbers.

INTENT TAGS: #agreement #performance_review #validating #reporting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
差百分之 SPOKEN CHUNK

short by ... percent

Standard pattern used in business or academic settings to express a quantitative deficit.

一个季度 SPOKEN CHUNK

one quarter (three months)

Common temporal unit used frequently in financial, business, and operational reviews.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the agreement while conveying shared emotional resonance and dismay regarding the shocking news.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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