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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E4 (29:06) HSK 5
péi yǎng xīn rén zuò zhě jiù shì láo mín shāng cái

培养新人作者就是劳民伤财

“Developing new authors takes a lot of effort with uncertain returns.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 29:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jīn tiān xià wǔ hái yǒu xīn zuò zhě cè huà huì ne

今天下午还有新作者策划会呢

“We still have the new author planning meeting this afternoon.”

péi yǎng xīn rén zuò zhě jiù shì láo mín shāng cái CURRENT FOCUS

培养 新人作者 就是 劳民伤财

“Developing new authors takes a lot of effort with uncertain returns.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ men xiàn zài hái dǔ bù qǐ hěn yǒu kě néng jiù kē lì wú shōu

“We can't afford that gamble right now. We might end up with nothing.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING OBJECTION
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We do not have the luxury to gamble on rookies right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic ROI Focus in Chinese Business Culture

In competitive Chinese creative industries, commercial viability often takes strict precedence over creative incubation, especially when teams operate under harsh quarterly KPIs.

INTENT TAGS: #objection #risk_aversion #cost_cutting #resource_management
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
劳民伤财 SPOKEN CHUNK

a waste of manpower and money; exhausting resources

A formal idiom used colloquially to criticize inefficient or excessively costly initiatives that bring little return.

新人作者 SPOKEN CHUNK

rookie author / debut writer

Standard industry terminology referring to aspiring writers without a track record.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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