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《Born with Luck》 S1·E8 (15:26) HSK 6
xiàn zài diàn lǐ yì zhí kuī sǔn

现在店里一直亏损

“The store has been losing money.”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 15:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú shì lǎng zǒng

不是 朗总

“No, Mr. Lang.”

xiàn zài diàn lǐ yì zhí kuī sǔn CURRENT FOCUS

现在店里一直亏损

“The store has been losing money.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè shì xīn guī dìng

这是新规定

“This is a new rule.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PLEADING
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We're bleeding cash here, please don't make things any harder on us!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Kuguan (Appealing via Hardship)

In Chinese workplace hierarchies, subordinates often plead against harsh corporate mandates by detailing genuine shared struggles rather than directly defying authority.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #pleading #pushback #reporting_hardship
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一直亏损 SPOKEN CHUNK

continuously operating at a loss

Common business expression to describe chronic financial deficit.

店里 SPOKEN CHUNK

in the shop / the store

Colloquial way retail workers and managers refer to their commercial venue.

CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《Born with Luck》 S1·E8 (15:26) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus