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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E5 (39:46) HSK 6
nǐ zhè me wéi chí zhì xù zhì biāo bù zhì běn a

你这么维持秩序 治标不治本啊

“Maintaining order won't solve the problem.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 39:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎo lǐ tóng zhì nǐ lái de gāng hǎo wǒ zhè zhèng hǎo quē rén shǒu ne zhèng shū jì

小李同志 你来得刚好 我这正好缺人手呢 郑书记

“Li, you're here just in time. I'm short-handed right now. Mr. Zheng.”

nǐ zhè me wéi chí zhì xù zhì biāo bù zhì běn a CURRENT FOCUS

你这么 维持秩序 治标不治本 啊

“Maintaining order won't solve the problem.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shén me yì si wǒ gāng cái dǎ tīng le yī xià bú yào jǐ le

你什么意思 我刚才打听了一下 不要挤了

“- What do you mean? - I asked around. Don't push.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're wasting your energy just holding people back without addressing why they are gathering.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Addressing Root Causes (治本)

Derived from traditional Chinese medicine, this philosophical concept frequently guides Chinese bureaucratic and problem-solving rhetoric.

INTENT TAGS: #critique #advising #problem_solving #efficiency
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
治标不治本 SPOKEN CHUNK

treat the symptoms rather than the root cause

A common idiom used in professional and everyday evaluations to point out temporary fixes that fail to address the core problem.

维持秩序 SPOKEN CHUNK

maintain order

Frequently used in administrative, police, and workplace management contexts regarding crowd management.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the direct critique into a persuasive, advisory remark.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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