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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E1 (23:11) HSK 7
zhè ròu nǐ ná huí qù ba jiù dāng shì bǔ jǐ nǐ de gōng zī le

这肉你拿回去吧 就当是 补给你的工资了

“Take this meat with you. Consider it your back pay.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 23:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiè xiè lǎo shī

谢谢老师

“Thank you, ma'am.”

zhè ròu nǐ ná huí qù ba jiù dāng shì bǔ jǐ nǐ de gōng zī le CURRENT FOCUS

这肉 你拿回去 吧 就当是 补给 你的工资了

“Take this meat with you. Consider it your back pay.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù yòng lǎo shī nǐ hái shì liú zhe fēn gěi dà jiā ba ná zǒu ba

“No need, ma'am. You should keep it and share it with everyone. Take it.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: OFFERING COMPENSATION
Tone: CONCILIATORY
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know I owe you money, but this is the best I can do right now to make it up to you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: In-kind Compensation and Empathy

In economically strained grass-roots contexts in China, superiors often use essential food items to compensate subordinates as a heartfelt gesture of care and face-saving when cash flow fails.

INTENT TAGS: #compensation #consolation #compromise #care
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
拿回去 SPOKEN CHUNK

take it back

A common directional verb compound used when telling someone to bring something home.

就当是 SPOKEN CHUNK

just treat it as / consider it as

Useful for framing a compromise or substitute gesture as an acceptable replacement.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the command into a warm suggestion, reducing pressure on the listener.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of an arrangement or a new settled state.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E1 (23:11) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus