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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E17 (19:54) HSK 1
nǐ lái zhù wǒ shì zhù wǒ yī bì zhī lì

你来助我 是助我一臂之力

“Your assistance would be a great help to me,”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 19:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hé wǒ dāng xià fù zé de liǎng zhuāng àn jiàn yě wèi bì méi yǒu guān lián

和我当下负责的两桩案件 也未必没有关联

“And it's likely to be related to the two cases I'm handling right now.”

nǐ lái zhù wǒ shì zhù wǒ yī bì zhī lì CURRENT FOCUS

你来助我 是 助我一臂之力

“Your assistance would be a great help to me,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ér fēi tiān luàn

而非添乱

“not a burden.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: ADMONISHING
Emotion: STERNNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be useful and follow my lead, instead of creating more problems for me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Teamwork vs. Interference (帮忙与添乱)

Chinese professional culture stresses constructive assistance; uncoordinated initiative that complicates an ongoing assignment is viewed as 'causing trouble' rather than helping.

INTENT TAGS: #admonition #boundary_setting #expectation_setting #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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助一臂之力 SPOKEN CHUNK

lend a helping hand

A classic Chinese idiom used in formal and spoken contexts to express giving crucial assistance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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