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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E29 (27:52) HSK 6
xīn de yuán gōng qíng kuàng nǐ ràng rén shì fā fèn yóu jiàn gěi wǒ wǒ liǎo jiě yī xià

新的员工情况 你让人事发份邮件给我 我了解一下

“Have HR send me an email about the new employees. I want to take a look.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 27:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ gāng gāng jiàn wán zuò zhě huí dào jiǔ diàn

我刚刚见完作者回到酒店

“I just met with an author and got back to the hotel.”

xīn de yuán gōng qíng kuàng nǐ ràng rén shì fā fèn yóu jiàn gěi wǒ wǒ liǎo jiě yī xià CURRENT FOCUS

新的 员工 情况 你让人事 发份邮件 给我 我 了解一下

“Have HR send me an email about the new employees. I want to take a look.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì fú wù yuán lái sòng zǎo fàn de

是服务员来送早饭的

“It's room service bringing breakfast.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DELEGATING TASK
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Softened Directives

Using reduplicated verbs like '了解一下' softens the command tone, maintaining politeness while exerting authority.

INTENT TAGS: #delegation #requesting_information #instruction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
了解一下 SPOKEN CHUNK

to get an overview; to check out briefly

A very common workplace softening expression used by superiors to sound less intimidating when demanding information.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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