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《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27 (23:58) HSK 6
yí gè rén dǐng jǐ gè rén

一个人顶几个人

“I did the work of several people.”

《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 23:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shì bú shì wǎng sǐ lǐ gàn

“Didn't I work myself to the bone?”

yí gè rén dǐng jǐ gè rén CURRENT FOCUS

一个人 顶几个人

“I did the work of several people.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN què shí dào hòu lái

确实到后来

“It's true that later on,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: BOASTING OR ASSERTING MERIT
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I carried the workload of an entire team by myself, and you know it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Labor Contribution and Credit (Ku-gong)

In Chinese workplace culture, emphasizing how one worked themselves to exhaustion ('往死里干') is often used to justify loyalty, demand fairness, or claim substantial credit.

INTENT TAGS: #self_assertion #seeking_recognition #highlighting_effort #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一个人顶几个人 SPOKEN CHUNK

one person doing the work of several people

Used colloquially to highlight extreme efficiency, high workload, or exceptional personal capability.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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