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《The Knockout》 S1·E25 (11:08) HSK 2
nà jiù shì gōng sī bái yǎng nǐ men le

那就是公司白养你们了

“the company has supported you for nothing.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 11:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wáng gē

王哥

“Wang,”

nà jiù shì gōng sī bái yǎng nǐ men le CURRENT FOCUS

那就 是公司 白养 你们了

“the company has supported you for nothing.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jīn tiān wǎn shàng shí èr diǎn zhī qián

今天晚上十二点之前

“Before twelve o'clock tonight,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REBUKING SUBORDINATES
Tone: HARSH AND THREATENING
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are useless right now; produce results immediately or consider yourselves fired.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Employer Obligation vs Subordinate Loyalty

In Chinese business culture, employers often frame employment as 'supporting' or 'feeding' employees (养), which creates an emotional expectation of absolute loyalty and performance.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #ultimatum #pressure #questioning_worth
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
白养 SPOKEN CHUNK

to support or feed someone in vain without getting anything in return

Commonly used in workplace or domestic disputes to express extreme dissatisfaction with someone failing to pull their weight.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Signifies a change of status and finalizes the speaker's negative conclusion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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