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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E1 (01:06) HSK 2
nǐ rù zhí duō jiǔ le ? yí gè yuè ?

你入职多久了?一个月?

“How long have you been on the job? A month?”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 01:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì de zhǎng guān

是的 长官

“[man 2] Yes, sir.”

nǐ rù zhí duō jiǔ le ? yí gè yuè ? CURRENT FOCUS

你 入职 多 久 了 ? 一个月 ?

“How long have you been on the job? A month?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sān gè yuè zhǎng guān

三个月 长官

“[man 2] Three, sir.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INQUIRING AND EVALUATING
Tone: CONDESCENDING
Emotion: DISAPPOINTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are acting like someone who just started yesterday.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Seniority and Hierarchy (资历意识)

In hierarchical environments, tenure (资历) directly correlates with authority and expected competence; superiors often invoke tenure to remind subordinates of their junior standing.

INTENT TAGS: #evaluating #patronizing #interrogating #hierarchy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
入职 SPOKEN CHUNK

to join a company / to start a job

Formal workplace term used for entering employment or onboard status.

多久了 SPOKEN CHUNK

how long has it been

Standard conversational pattern for asking about elapsed duration.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the ongoing accumulation of time up to the present moment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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