《Born with Luck》 S1·E24 (36:57)
HSK 6
zǒng duì de gōng zuò yě bù hǎo zuò ma
总队的工作也不好做嘛
“It's not easy to work in the Criminal Investigation Corps.”
《Born with Luck》
S1·E24
TIMECODE: 36:57
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
róng guī xǐng tīng
荣归省厅
“On your glorious return to the Provincial Department.”
zǒng duì de gōng zuò yě bù hǎo zuò ma
CURRENT FOCUS
总队的 工作 也不 好做嘛
“It's not easy to work in the Criminal Investigation Corps.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
shì shì shì
是是是
“Yes, yes. [Building 2]”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
DEFLECTING COMPLIMENT
Tone:
DIPLOMATIC
Emotion:
MODESTY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't act like I've got it easy just because I moved up; it's a tough gig.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Modesty and Preemptive Face-saving (谦逊)
In Chinese bureaucratic and professional culture, one rarely boasts about a promotion or prestigious transfer. Instead, one emphasizes the hardship and responsibility to deflect envy and project modesty.
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#deflection
#modesty
#face_saving
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不好做
SPOKEN CHUNK
not easy to handle / difficult to manage
A very common colloquial expression used to describe difficult tasks, tough roles, or tricky jobs.
Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the assertion by presenting it as an obvious, self-evident fact that the listener should understand.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Born with Luck》 S1·E24 (36:57) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus