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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E9 (10:48) HSK 4
zán liǎ bú shì shuō hǎo le ma nǐ zěn me bǎ xiǎo táo gěi kāi le ne

咱俩不是说好了吗 你怎么把小陶给开了呢

“Didn't we have a deal? Why did you fire Tao?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 10:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà wǒ děng nín wēi xìn

那我等您微信

“Alright, I'll wait for your news.”

zán liǎ bú shì shuō hǎo le ma nǐ zěn me bǎ xiǎo táo gěi kāi le ne CURRENT FOCUS

咱俩 不是说好了吗 你 怎么 把小陶给开了呢

“Didn't we have a deal? Why did you fire Tao?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jí shén me

急什么

“Don't worry.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: QUESTIONING DECISION
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We had an explicit deal, so why did you go behind my back and fire them?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Verbal Agreement and Trust (Xin)

In Chinese interpersonal work dynamics, breaking a private verbal consensus severely damages mutual trust and collegial harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #accountability #protest #breach_of_trust
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
说好了 SPOKEN CHUNK

agreed upon; settled

Used to remind someone of a verbal promise or mutual consensus that was already reached.

给开了 SPOKEN CHUNK

got fired; laid off

A common colloquial slang for terminating someone's employment, equivalent to 'canned' or 'sacked'.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the contradiction between past agreement and present reality.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Heightens the interrogative pressure, demanding an immediate explanation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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