MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8 (38:45) HSK 4
lǐ zhèn zhǎng ràng wǒ lái tōng zhī nǐ ràng nǐ de chǎng zi xiān xiū xī

李镇长让我来通知你 让你的厂子先休息

“Ms. Li sent me to tell you to suspend all your work.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 38:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zěn me yòu lái le shén me shì

你怎么又来了 什么事

“Why are you back here? What is it?”

lǐ zhèn zhǎng ràng wǒ lái tōng zhī nǐ ràng nǐ de chǎng zi xiān xiū xī CURRENT FOCUS

李镇长 让我来 通知 你 让你的厂子先休息

“Ms. Li sent me to tell you to suspend all your work.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái yǒu zhè ge zì tiáo

还有这个字条

“And she asked me”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Workplace
Function: DELIVERING DIRECTIVE
Tone: TENTATIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't shoot the messenger; Mayor Li ordered your factory to shut down.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Euphemistic Bureaucratic Directives

In Chinese grassroots administration, officials often replace harsh regulatory terms like 'suspend business' (停业) with softer words like 'take a break' (休息) to mitigate direct conflict and preserve face.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #conveying_order #euphemism #de-escalation
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
让我来通知你 SPOKEN CHUNK

asked me to inform you

A common institutional formula used to deliver orders while deflecting personal blame onto superiors.

先休息 SPOKEN CHUNK

pause operations for now / take a break first

A euphemistic phrasing frequently used in bureaucratic contexts instead of bluntly saying 'shut down' or 'suspend'.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8 (38:45) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus