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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E32 (17:57) HSK 6
rén hái bù hǎo zhāo zhēn zhū yǒu hǎo jǐ gè shī xiōng dì

人还不好招 珍珠有好几个师兄弟

“Hiring is not a problem. Zhenzhu's got several senior brothers”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 17:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà wǒ zhè hái dé zhāo jǐ gè rén nǎ

那我这还得招几个人哪

“Then I'd have to hire more people.”

rén hái bù hǎo zhāo zhēn zhū yǒu hǎo jǐ gè shī xiōng dì CURRENT FOCUS

人还 不好招 珍珠有好几个师 兄弟

“Hiring is not a problem. Zhenzhu's got several senior brothers”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái zài wài miàn dǎ líng gōng ne shì a wǒ zhè biān ne jiù shì shén me dōu quē

还在外面打零工呢 是啊 我这边呢 就是什么都缺

“still doing part-time jobs out there. That's right. I'm short on everything else,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: RECOMMENDING PERSON
Tone: HELPFUL
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Hiring strangers is tough, so why don't we just hire Zhenzhu's fellow apprentices?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi in Recruitment

In traditional trades and small businesses, recruiting through master-apprentice networks (shixiong-di) provides built-in trust and verified skills.

INTENT TAGS: #recommendation #networking #problem_solving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不好招 SPOKEN CHUNK

hard to recruit; difficult to hire

Commonly used in everyday management and business contexts to describe labor shortages.

师兄弟 SPOKEN CHUNK

fellow apprentice brothers

Refers to men who studied or apprenticed under the same master in a trade or craft.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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