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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E11 (32:33) HSK 5
bù hái yǒu qí yòu lán ma qí yòu lán shì rén lì zī yuán de

不还有齐又蓝吗 齐又蓝是人力资源的

“What about Qi Youlan? Qi Youlan is in HR. Not business departments.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 32:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zán men gōng sī què shí méi shén me nǚ zhǔ guǎn shuí shuō de

“Our company doesn't have many female executives. Who says?”

bù hái yǒu qí yòu lán ma qí yòu lán shì rén lì zī yuán de CURRENT FOCUS

不还有 齐又蓝 吗 齐又蓝是人力资源的

“What about Qi Youlan? Qi Youlan is in HR. Not business departments.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā yě bú shì yè wù bù de zhè jiù shuō míng le wèn tí le

她也不是业务部的 这就说明了问题了

“Qi Youlan is in HR. Not business departments. That just proves the point.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: COUNTERING ASSERTION
Tone: CORRECTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You cannot say there are no female leaders when we have an HR head who is a woman.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Corporate Gender Dynamics

Discussions on the glass ceiling and the distribution of women in back-office roles like HR versus front-line business divisions are increasingly prominent in modern Chinese workplaces.

INTENT TAGS: #counterarguing #refuting #giving_example #correcting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不还有 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't there still / don't we still have

A rhetorical prompt used to bring up an overlooked counterexample in a debate or discussion.

人力资源 SPOKEN CHUNK

human resources (HR)

Standard professional term for the HR department in Chinese business contexts.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question to prompt the listener to acknowledge the counterexample.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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