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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E9 (28:21) HSK 7
rén jiā shì zuò zhèng jīng shēng yì de

人家是做正经生意的

“She runs a legitimate business.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 28:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shén me dàng cì a

你什么档次啊

“Who do you think you are?”

rén jiā shì zuò zhèng jīng shēng yì de CURRENT FOCUS

人家 是做 正经生意 的

“She runs a legitimate business.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bái lǎo bǎn zhuàn le dà qián

“Ms. Bai, you've made a lot of money,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEFENDING REPUTATION
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They are way above your level, so stop looking down on them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Social Stratification (Dangci)

In colloquial Chinese disputes, questioning someone's '档次' (class/tier) is a direct attack on face; reframing someone as running a '正经生意' defends their social dignity.

INTENT TAGS: #defense #assertion #justification #status_defense
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
正经生意 SPOKEN CHUNK

legitimate business

Collocation used to emphasize that an enterprise is upright, respectable, and law-abiding.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of the sentence to assert certainty and affirm the truth of the statement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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