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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3 (41:50) HSK 5
nà jiù làng fèi rén cái le tā hěn lì hài hěn fán rén dàn hěn lì hài

那就浪费人才了 他很厉害 很烦人 但很厉害

“Well, it's a waste of the man. He's good. Annoying… but good.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 41:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā de gōng zuò shì fēn lèi hé guī dàng

他的工作是分类和归档

“His job is to sort and file.”

nà jiù làng fèi rén cái le tā hěn lì hài hěn fán rén dàn hěn lì hài CURRENT FOCUS

那就 浪费人才 了 他 很厉害 很 烦人 但 很厉害

“Well, it's a waste of the man. He's good. Annoying… but good.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN luó sī yě guī wǒ le tā bìng bù xiàng wài biǎo kàn qǐ lái nà me yú chǔn

“I'm gonna take Rose. Turns out she's not as dumb as she looks.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: TALENT APPRAISAL
Tone: CANDID
Emotion: RELUCTANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He drives me crazy, but putting him in a low-level filing role is an absolute waste of his skills.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Meritocracy

Separating personal feelings from professional respect is a recognized virtue in Chinese professional assessments.

INTENT TAGS: #evaluation #compliment #candidness #reallocation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
浪费人才 SPOKEN CHUNK

waste of talent; underutilizing skilled personnel

A common professional idiom used when someone is assigned tasks far below their capabilities.

很厉害 SPOKEN CHUNK

formidable; highly capable; impressive

Extremely frequent colloquial praise for someone with strong skills or competence.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly realized evaluation or consequent state of affairs.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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