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《Light to the Night》 S1·E21 (15:48) HSK 5
wǒ men diàn lǐ de xiāo shòu jì lù a zuì duō zhǐ bǎo liú wǔ nián

我们店里的销售记录啊 最多只保留五年

“Our store's sales records are kept for five years at most.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 15:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jǐng chá chá àn bú shì wǒ bù xiǎng bāng nǐ

“Police investigation. It's not that I won't help.”

wǒ men diàn lǐ de xiāo shòu jì lù a zuì duō zhǐ bǎo liú wǔ nián CURRENT FOCUS

我们店里的销售 记录 啊 最多只保留 五年

“Our store's sales records are kept for five years at most.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN 1997 nián nà huì er hái shì zhǐ zhì wén dàng zǎo jiù jí zhōng xiāo huǐ le

1997年那会儿还是纸质文档 早就集中销毁了

“Back in 1997, they were still paper files. They were destroyed long ago.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I want to help, but legally and practically, the old data you want doesn't exist anymore.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-Exoneration in Official Inquiries

When dealing with authorities, Chinese speakers often proactively cite objective company policies to prove they are compliant and not withholding evidence deliberately.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #explaining_limitations #cooperation #declining
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
最多只 SPOKEN CHUNK

at most only

Emphasizes an upper limit or restriction to establish objective boundaries.

销售记录 SPOKEN CHUNK

sales records

Standard commercial vocabulary used in retail and business contexts.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Pauses the sentence to draw attention to the subject before explaining the rule.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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