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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E9 (11:00) HSK 7
wǒ men zǔ de suǒ yǒu rén dōu zhī dào xiǎo táo de yè jì shì diàn dǐ de

我们组的所有人都知道 小陶的业绩是垫底的

“Everyone in our team knows Tao's performance was the worst.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 11:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kē ruì nà de lǎo chén qiàn wǒ gè rén qíng

“Chen from Keruina owes me a favor.”

wǒ men zǔ de suǒ yǒu rén dōu zhī dào xiǎo táo de yè jì shì diàn dǐ de CURRENT FOCUS

我们组的 所有人都知道 小陶的业绩是 垫底 的

“Everyone in our team knows Tao's performance was the worst.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yào shì bù bǎ tā cái le nà bié rén nào qǐ lái zěn me bàn a

“If I hadn't fired her, others would have complained.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING LAYOFF
Tone: FACTUAL AND ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'm not being cruel; her terrible numbers made firing her the only justifiable choice.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Collective Consensus (公论定夺)

Invoking 'everyone knows' (所有人都知道) is a pragmatic tactic in Chinese workplaces to present a controversial decision as an objective consensus.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #deflection #appealing_to_facts #defense
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
业绩 SPOKEN CHUNK

performance / sales track record

The primary quantitative metric used to assess corporate employees.

垫底 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be at the bottom / bring up the rear

A vivid colloquial term indicating ranking dead last in a competition or evaluation.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of the clause to assert strong certainty and objective factuality.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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