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《The Knockout》 S1·E34 (07:59) HSK 6
wǒ shì biān le gè lǐ yóu cái lái kàn nín nǎ

我是编了个理由 才来看您哪

“I made up an excuse to see you.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 07:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bàn gōng shì qù le fēi cháng dì bú kè qì

我办公室去了 非常地不客气

“my office. They were pretty rude.”

wǒ shì biān le gè lǐ yóu cái lái kàn nín nǎ CURRENT FOCUS

我是 编了个理由 才 来看您 哪

“I made up an excuse to see you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè ge xú zhōng shén me chén zhī má làn gǔ zi dōu fān chū lái le

这个徐忠 什么陈芝麻烂谷子 都翻出来了

“Xu Zhong has found out so many past events.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SHOWING LOYALTY
Tone: CONFIDENTIAL
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Things are tense and I took a huge risk coming to warn you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Patronage and Informal Visits

Visiting a patron under surveillance or scrutiny demonstrates deep personal commitment and risk-sharing in Chinese workplace politics.

INTENT TAGS: #loyalty #reporting #secrecy #alliance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
编了个理由 SPOKEN CHUNK

made up an excuse

Used informally to describe inventing a pretext to do something discreetly.

才来看您 SPOKEN CHUNK

only then managed to come see you

Emphasizes the difficulty or prerequisite conditions required before visiting a respected person.

Modal Particle「哪」 (na) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while adding emotional emphasis to the effort made.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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