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《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27 (23:56) HSK 4
wǒ shì bú shì wǎng sǐ lǐ gàn

我是不是往死里干

“Didn't I work myself to the bone?”

《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 23:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kàn dé jiàn wǒ zài chǎng lǐ shì zěn me gàn huó

你看得见我在厂里是怎么干活

“You saw how I worked in the plant.”

wǒ shì bú shì wǎng sǐ lǐ gàn CURRENT FOCUS

我 是不是 往死里干

“Didn't I work myself to the bone?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yí gè rén dǐng jǐ gè rén

“I did the work of several people.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ASSERTING EFFORT
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: GRIEVANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pretend you didn't see me breaking my back for this job.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Seeking Validation through Hardship (Ku)

In traditional Chinese working environments, endurance of extreme hardship is seen as moral capital when demanding fair treatment or asserting one's worth.

INTENT TAGS: #self_justification #venting #demanding_credit #grievance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
往死里干 SPOKEN CHUNK

to work oneself to the bone; to work desperately hard

A highly colloquial Northern expression used to describe putting extreme effort into physical or exhausting tasks.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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