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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E4 (04:09) HSK 5
dài jú ràng wǒ men pèi hé gōng zuò de ya lǎo qín yě duì wǒ fàng xià chéng jiàn le

戴局让我们配合工作的呀 老秦也对我放下成见了

“Director Dai told us to coordinate. Even Qin's put his bias aside.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 04:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me jiào wǒ men shǎo chān huo ya

“What do you mean by that?”

dài jú ràng wǒ men pèi hé gōng zuò de ya lǎo qín yě duì wǒ fàng xià chéng jiàn le CURRENT FOCUS

戴局让我们 配合工作 的呀 老秦也对我 放下成见 了

“Director Dai told us to coordinate. Even Qin's put his bias aside.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ duì wǒ yǒu shén me yì jiàn nǐ kě yǐ zhí shuō wǒ méi yì jiàn

“If you've got a problem with me, just say it. I don't.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTIONS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Back off, the leadership authorized this and even Qin is on board, so you have no right to exclude me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Higher Authority

In Chinese bureaucratic and organizational cultures, invoking directives from leadership (leaders with titles like Bureau Chief) is standard practice to legitimize one's standing and preemptively silence peer objections.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #invoking_authority #self_defense #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
配合工作 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cooperate or coordinate on work tasks

A highly common workplace collocation used to describe inter-departmental or colleague-level teamwork.

放下成见 SPOKEN CHUNK

to let go of prejudice or preconceived biases

Used in professional or personal conflicts to urge or describe the reconciliation of past friction.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while adding an overtone of mild self-justification and reminding the listener of obvious facts.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a change of state, highlighting that the past bias has already ceased to exist.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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