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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E38 (13:15) HSK 2
zhè shì nǐ de gōng zuò dé yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng

这是你的工作 得有始有终

“It's your job. You must finish what you started.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 13:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hé zǔ zhī shuō míng bái le zài huí qù yīng gāi de

“to the organization before going back. It's only right.”

zhè shì nǐ de gōng zuò dé yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng CURRENT FOCUS

这是你的 工作 得有 始有终

“It's your job. You must finish what you started.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yòu shì zhè yàng

又是这样

“It's happening again.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ADMONISHING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: STERNNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not quit halfway; you are obligated to finish what you started.”
💡 Cultural Insight: You Shi You Zhong (Finishing What One Starts)

A deeply rooted traditional virtue in Chinese culture where completing tasks reliably is seen as a baseline test of personal character and professional trustworthiness.

INTENT TAGS: #admonishing #duty #responsibility #demanding_compliance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
得 SPOKEN CHUNK

must; have to (pronounced děi)

A spoken modal auxiliary expressing necessity or obligation, stronger and more direct than '要'.

有始有终 SPOKEN CHUNK

to carry through to the end; finish what one starts

A four-character chengyu used to praise perseverance or instruct someone not to abandon a project midway.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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