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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E4 (05:20) HSK 4
wǒ gàn jǐng chá shí nián wǒ měi tiān qǐ zǎo tān hēi nǔ lì gōng zuò

我干警察十年 我每天起早贪黑努力工作

“I've been a cop for ten years. Up before dawn, home past midnight. I worked my ass off”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 05:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ chéng rèn shì yǒu kě néng dàn xiàn zài yǐ jīng fā shēng le yǐ jīng shì zhè yàng le

“I admit that is possible. But it happened. We can't change that.”

wǒ gàn jǐng chá shí nián wǒ měi tiān qǐ zǎo tān hēi nǔ lì gōng zuò CURRENT FOCUS

我干警察十年 我每天 起早贪黑 努力工作

“I've been a cop for ten years. Up before dawn, home past midnight. I worked my ass off”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN huàn lái le dà jiā duì wǒ de xìn rèn jué de wǒ gàn de bù cuò

换来了大家对我的信任 觉得我干的不错

“to earn people's trust. They thought I do a good job”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEFENDING REPUTATION
Tone: DEFENSIVE AND EARNEST
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not dismiss my entire track record over this one mistake.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hard Work as Moral Capital (Ku Lao)

In Chinese workplace ethics, enduring bitterness and working tirelessly ('起早贪黑') serves as moral proof of one's dedication and integrity, often invoked when defending oneself.

INTENT TAGS: #self_defense #justification #appealing_to_merit #venting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
起早贪黑 SPOKEN CHUNK

to work from dawn to dusk; to work extremely hard

A common four-character idiom used to describe relentless, diligent physical or professional labor.

干警察 SPOKEN CHUNK

to work as a police officer

A colloquial way to describe one's profession using the verb '干' (to do/work as).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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