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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E5 (12:07) HSK 7
zán men jiāng xīn bǐ xīn nǐ shuō nà xiē lǎo tóng zhì

咱们将心比心 你说 那些老同志

“Put yourself in their shoes. So how do you think they are feeling now?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 12:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè

这

“Put yourself in their shoes.”

zán men jiāng xīn bǐ xīn nǐ shuō nà xiē lǎo tóng zhì CURRENT FOCUS

咱们 将心比心 你说 那些老同志

“Put yourself in their shoes. So how do you think they are feeling now?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xīn lǐ biān huì zěn me xiǎng ne

心里边会怎么想呢

“So how do you think they are feeling now?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: APPEALING TO EMPATHY
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be reasonable and think about how this will alienate our senior staff.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Respect for Seniority (Zun Lao)

In state-owned enterprises and governmental bodies, maintaining the dignity and satisfying the expectations of senior personnel ('lao tongzhi') is essential for organizational stability.

INTENT TAGS: #moral_appeal #empathy #persuasion #deference_to_elders
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
将心比心 SPOKEN CHUNK

to put oneself in someone else's shoes; to be empathetic

A standard four-character idiom frequently used in moral appeals and persuasive arguments.

老同志 SPOKEN CHUNK

veteran comrades; senior colleagues

A standard respectful bureaucratic term in mainland Chinese work units for older, experienced staff.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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