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《Born with Luck》 S1·E15 (15:31) HSK 5
dù cōng xiǎng qīn zì gēn nín dào gè qiàn

杜聪想亲自跟您道个歉

“Du Cong hopes to apologize to you for it in person.”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 15:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù yǒu yī jiàn bù qǐ yǎn de xiǎo shì

“Just one small thing.”

dù cōng xiǎng qīn zì gēn nín dào gè qiàn CURRENT FOCUS

杜聪想 亲自 跟您 道个歉

“Du Cong hopes to apologize to you for it in person.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi nà bì yào

没那必要

“That's unnecessary.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: RELAYING APOLOGY
Tone: DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: RESPECTFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please give Du Cong a chance to clear the air so we can move past this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Intermediary Diplomacy (Shuoqing)

In Chinese social and business etiquette, using a respected third party to arrange an apology reduces tension and avoids immediate loss of face for both sides.

INTENT TAGS: #apologizing #mediating #deference #face_giving #reconciliation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
亲自 SPOKEN CHUNK

in person, personally

Placed before a verb to emphasize showing respect by doing something oneself rather than through a proxy.

跟您道个歉 SPOKEN CHUNK

apologize to you

A polite, deferential structure using the honorific pronoun nin and the softening verb-object classifier construction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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