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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8 (19:09) HSK 6
nà nà méi kāi qǐ lái nǐ dān xīn shén me a nǐ xiān děng rén jiā kāi qǐ lái

那 那没开起来 你担心什么啊 你先等人家开起来

“Why worry before it happens? Let them open first, and then we'll see.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 19:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà me chǎng zi yuè kāi yuè duō wèn tí jiù yuè lái yuè yán zhòng ya

“More factories mean bigger problems.”

nà nà méi kāi qǐ lái nǐ dān xīn shén me a nǐ xiān děng rén jiā kāi qǐ lái CURRENT FOCUS

那 那没开 起来 你 担心什么 啊 你先等 人家 开 起来

“Why worry before it happens? Let them open first, and then we'll see.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài shuō ma zán men bǎ gōng chǎng kāi qǐ lái nà cái shì zhòng zhōng zhī zhòng

“Let them open first, and then we'll see. Getting factories running is the top priority.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DISMISSING CONCERN
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop borrowing trouble before we even get started; let's get the doors open first.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Entrepreneurship (先干起来再说)

Reflects the common pragmatic Chinese business mindset during reform eras: prioritize action and operational launch before fretting over secondary regulatory or systemic hurdles.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #refocusing #reassurance #impatience
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
开起来 SPOKEN CHUNK

successfully launch or get up and running

Combines the verb 'to open/start' with the directional complement '起来' to signal successful initiation.

你担心什么啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

what are you worrying about?

A rhetorical question used colloquially to brush aside someone's anxieties as groundless or premature.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional emphasis to the rhetorical question, signaling disbelief or mild irritation at the needless worry.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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