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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8 (33:06) HSK 5
nà hái yǒu jiǎ ya dōu yào kāi gōng zī ne bù róng yì

那还有假呀 都要开工资呢 不容易

“Of course. Paying them all is tough.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 33:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zhè yǒu èr shí duō hào gōng rén

你这有二十多号工人

“you have over 20 workers?”

nà hái yǒu jiǎ ya dōu yào kāi gōng zī ne bù róng yì CURRENT FOCUS

那还有假 呀 都要 开工 资 呢 不容易

“Of course. Paying them all is tough.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà xiān zǒu le

那先走了

“I have to go.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: VENTING PRESSURE
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no idea how stressful it is to carry the burden of paying all these people every month.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Empathy for Hard Labor (体谅不易)

Expressing '不容易' (not easy) reflects a deeply ingrained cultural empathy acknowledging the weight of socioeconomic responsibilities like feeding workers and families.

INTENT TAGS: #affirming #venting #stress_acknowledgment #empathy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
那还有假 SPOKEN CHUNK

can that be fake? / of course it's true

A highly colloquial rhetorical phrase used to strongly confirm that a stated fact is completely genuine.

开工资 SPOKEN CHUNK

to pay wages / disburse salary

Everyday spoken Chinese term for paying out employees' payroll.

不容易 SPOKEN CHUNK

not easy / a tough grind

Commonly used as an empathetic observation or self-lament about life's hardships.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question '那还有假', making it sound like an open, candid admission rather than an offensive challenge.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks ongoing responsibility and draws attention to the pending burden of payroll.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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