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《The Knockout》 S1·E33 (15:39) HSK 7
wèn hòu nǐ shī fù gēn tā shuō yī cháng péng yǒu

问候你师父 跟他说 一场朋友

“Say hello to your master. Tell him we're friends.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E33
TIMECODE: 15:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dǎ rǎo le

打扰了

“Thank you for your time.”

wèn hòu nǐ shī fù gēn tā shuō yī cháng péng yǒu CURRENT FOCUS

问候你师父 跟他说 一场朋友

“Say hello to your master. Tell him we're friends.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ dǎ diàn huà bài tuō tā jiē yī xià hǎo ma

“Ask him to answer my call, okay?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: APPEALING TO RELATIONSHIP
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Remind him not to burn bridges or ignore me, given our history.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Guanxi and Renqing

Invoking '一场朋友' (we were friends after all) is a classic Chinese social strategy that utilizes human sentiment (renqing) to prevent someone from acting entirely transactional or cold.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading #appealing_to_sentiment #networking #soft_pressure
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一场朋友 SPOKEN CHUNK

having been friends after all / considering our past friendship

Used when appealing to past camaraderie to ask for a favor or urge someone not to act too coldly.

问候 SPOKEN CHUNK

send regards to

A polite, standard way to say send greetings to an elder, mentor, or associate.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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