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《The Knockout》 S1·E34 (02:36) HSK 5
suǒ yǐ dà jiā duō duō shǎo shǎo yǒu yī xiē qíng xù dé lǐ jiě

所以大家多多少少 有一些情绪 得理解

“So we are upset at your coming more or less. This mentality is normal.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 02:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men yī chū xiàn a jiù yù shì zhe duō shǎo rén de qián tú mìng yùn

你们一出现啊 就预示着 多少人的前途命运

“As soon as you show up, the future of some of us will be changed.”

suǒ yǐ dà jiā duō duō shǎo shǎo yǒu yī xiē qíng xù dé lǐ jiě CURRENT FOCUS

所以大家 多多少少 有一些情绪 得 理解

“So we are upset at your coming more or less. This mentality is normal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè huà yán zhòng le wǒ men nǎ yǒu nà me dà de néng nài

“I think you're exaggerating. We are not that capable.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: MEDIATING CONFLICT
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't take their resentment personally; your arrival terrifies them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Managing Workplace Emotion (Qingxu)

In Chinese organizational culture, addressing unvoiced ideological or emotional resistance ('qingxu') is considered an essential leadership and mediation skill.

INTENT TAGS: #appeasement #hedging #persuasion #advising
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
多多少少 SPOKEN CHUNK

more or less; to some degree

A useful spoken softener to downplay the severity of an issue when softening feedback.

有情绪 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have bad feelings, resentment, or resistance

Frequently used in mainland Chinese work contexts to euphemistically describe discontent or sulking among staff.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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