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《How Dare You!?》 S1·E13 (24:22) HSK 6
wǒ men xǐ huān yòng shè chù zhè ge cí lái chēng hū zì jǐ

我们喜欢用社畜这个词 来称呼自己

“we liked to use the term "corporate slaves" to describe ourselves,”

《How Dare You!?》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 24:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zài wǒ yǐ qián de jiā xiāng

在我以前的家乡

“Back in my hometown,”

wǒ men xǐ huān yòng shè chù zhè ge cí lái chēng hū zì jǐ CURRENT FOCUS

我们 喜欢 用 社畜 这个 词 来称呼 自己

“we liked to use the term "corporate slaves" to describe ourselves,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo xiàng

好像

“as if”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: SELF DEPRECATION
Tone: SELF-DEPRECATING
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Work is exhausting and draining, but joking about being a corporate pawn helps us cope.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Corporate Slave Culture (Shechu)

Originally borrowed from the Japanese term 'shachiku', Chinese millennials and Gen Z widely adopt this self-mocking label to express burnout and bond over the pressures of modern urban corporate life.

INTENT TAGS: #self_deprecation #bonding #cultural_explanation #sharing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
社畜 SPOKEN CHUNK

corporate slave / wage slave

A popular Internet loanword from Japanese used humorously by young white-collar workers to describe their exhausting work lives.

称呼自己 SPOKEN CHUNK

call oneself / refer to oneself

Commonly used when explaining self-identities, nicknames, or cultural labels.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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