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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E24 (28:48) HSK 7
rén jiā gàn dé hǎo hǎo de nǐ yào gěi rén kāi chú nǐ yào gàn má ya

人家干得好好的 你要给人开除 你要干吗呀

“She's doing well, yet you're firing her. Why?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 28:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǎo zi gòu shǐ shì ba nà zhè shì nǐ zěn me xiǎng bù míng bái

“Quite clever, aren't you? Why are you being silly?”

rén jiā gàn dé hǎo hǎo de nǐ yào gěi rén kāi chú nǐ yào gàn má ya CURRENT FOCUS

人家 干得好好的 你要给人 开除 你要干吗呀

“She's doing well, yet you're firing her. Why?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sūn xiǎo yàn shì bú shì néng zì jǐ zuò zì jǐ de zhǔ

孙小燕是不是 能自己做自己的主

“Can Sun Xiaoyan make her own decisions?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING DECISION
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL AND ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no valid reason to fire them—you are just abusing your power.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Out Injustice (Ming Bu Ping)

Speaking up passionately against an unfair dismissal reflects standing up for perceived fairness in communal workplace dynamics.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #challenging_authority #defending_others #indignation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
干得好好的 SPOKEN CHUNK

doing a perfectly fine job

The reduplication '好好的' emphasizes that there were zero issues or faults prior to an unexpected disruption.

你要干吗呀 SPOKEN CHUNK

What are you trying to do? / What is your problem?

A rhetorical question showing strong dissatisfaction, shock, or challenge toward someone's unreasonable behavior.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Intensifies the rhetorical and reproachful force of the question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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