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《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E24 (05:40) HSK 4
zhǐ yào kuī qián jiù yǒu jiǎng jīn

只要亏钱 就有奖金

“as long as they lose money, you get rewarded.”

《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 05:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dà lǎo bǎn gēn tā shuō ràng tā chéng lì yī jiā gōng sī nǐ zuò xiàng mù

大老板跟他说 让他成立一家公司 你做项目

“The tycoon told him to set up a company. When you run projects,”

zhǐ yào kuī qián jiù yǒu jiǎng jīn CURRENT FOCUS

只要亏钱 就有奖金

“as long as they lose money, you get rewarded.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ rú guǒ zhuàn qián měi gè yuè

你如果赚钱 每个月

“But if you make money, each month,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: EXPLAINING TERMS
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Absurd Incentives Tropes

Popular in contemporary Chinese workplace fiction, reflecting satirical subversions of grueling corporate KPI and incentive cultures.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #rule_explanation #incentive_description
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
只要……就…… SPOKEN CHUNK

as long as... then...

A standard correlative structure indicating that one sufficient condition will inevitably lead to the specified result.

亏钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

to lose money

A high-frequency colloquial term for financial deficit, contrasting directly with 赚钱 (to earn money).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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