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《The Heir》 S1·E11 (13:27) HSK 7
jiù bù láo fán qī dōng jiā le wǒ zì jǐ jiě jué jí kě

就不劳烦戚东家了 我自己解决即可

“I'd rather not trouble you with it, Master Qi. I'll handle it myself.”

《The Heir》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 13:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN sān rì zhī nèi bì dìng sòng dào fǔ shàng cǐ shì láo xīn láo lì

三日之内 必定送到府上 此事劳心劳力

“I will have them delivered to your residence within 3 days. This matter takes much effort.”

jiù bù láo fán qī dōng jiā le wǒ zì jǐ jiě jué jí kě CURRENT FOCUS

就 不劳烦 戚 东家 了 我 自己解决 即可

“I'd rather not trouble you with it, Master Qi. I'll handle it myself.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn gū niáng gěi qī jiǔ yī xiē shí rì

祯姑娘给戚九一些时日

“Please give me some time, Miss Li Zhen.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: POLITE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Back off and stay out of this; I do not want to be indebted to you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Avoiding Renqing (Debts of Favor)

In Chinese business culture, accepting unsolicited help incurs 'renqing' (a moral/social debt), which must later be repaid; polite refusal is often used to preserve independence.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #boundary_setting #independence #polite_distancing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不劳烦 SPOKEN CHUNK

no need to trouble (someone)

A highly polite, formal phrase used to decline assistance without offending the offerer.

即可 SPOKEN CHUNK

will suffice; is all that is needed

A formal, concise written/semi-formal spoken equivalent of '就可以'.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Conveys finality and marks the speaker's decisive conclusion that assistance is unneeded.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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