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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E34 (33:06) HSK 7
yào wěn zhù jīn zhǔ duō bàn dé kào lǎo yuán

要稳住金主 多半得靠老袁

“If we want to keep our investors steady, we'll mostly have to rely on Yuan.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 33:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiàn zài háng yè bù jǐng qì

现在行业不景气

“The industry's in bad shape right now.”

yào wěn zhù jīn zhǔ duō bàn dé kào lǎo yuán CURRENT FOCUS

要 稳住金主 多半得靠老袁

“If we want to keep our investors steady, we'll mostly have to rely on Yuan.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè ge shí hòu wú yuán wú gù bǎ tā kāi diào hé shì ma

“At a time like this, would firing her for no reason be appropriate?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: STRATEGIC REASONING
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not fire her, or we will lose our funding.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi Leverage with Financial Backers

In Chinese business culture, maintaining relationships with a 'financial backer' (金主) often hinges on personal rapport (关系) held by a specific team member rather than just institutional ties.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #risk_warning #business_pragmatism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
金主 SPOKEN CHUNK

financial backer; investor; sponsor

Widely used colloquially in business, entertainment, and project funding contexts to refer to the primary financial sponsor.

稳住 SPOKEN CHUNK

to stabilize; to keep secure; to calm down

Applied to situations where you need to prevent an important partner, client, or crisis from falling apart.

多半 SPOKEN CHUNK

most likely; in large part

A spoken hedge used to indicate high probability without sounding completely absolute.

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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