《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E1 (23:22)
HSK 7
bù gāi lǎo ná zhè xiē lái yìng fù nǐ men
不该老拿这些 来应付你们
“I shouldn't keep using these things as compensation.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E1
TIMECODE: 23:22
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
sān gè yuè dōu méi fā gōng zī le wǒ zhī dào
“You haven’t been paid for 3 months. I know”
bù gāi lǎo ná zhè xiē lái yìng fù nǐ men
CURRENT FOCUS
不该老拿这些 来 应付 你们
“I shouldn't keep using these things as compensation.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zǒu ba
走吧
“Go now.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
APOLOGIZING
Tone:
APOLOGETIC
Emotion:
GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know I have been shortchanging you with cheap excuses, and I feel ashamed.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Accountability of Leadership (主事者的担当)
In Chinese workplace ethics, failing to pay staff salary damages interpersonal moral standing; confessing to 'perfunctory treatment' (应付) is an attempt to salvage personal integrity through self-criticism.
INTENT TAGS:
#apology
#admission_of_guilt
#self_reproach
#conciliation
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不该
SPOKEN CHUNK
should not; ought not to
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to express regret or self-reproach about past behavior.
应付
SPOKEN CHUNK
to fob off; to deal with perfunctorily
Often carries a negative connotation of doing the bare minimum or placating people insincerely.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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