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《Love Between Lines》 S1·E16 (38:07) HSK 7
hú xiǎo jiě huān yíng lái xún chá kè qì le zhù líng de gōng dì

胡小姐 欢迎来巡查 客气了 筑翎的工地

“Ms. Hu, welcome to inspect our site. You're too kind. Zhuling's construction sites”

《Love Between Lines》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 38:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shì D shì wù suǒ de zhù lǐ shè jì shī hú xiū

我是D事务所的助理设计师胡羞

“I'm Hu Xiu, an assistant designer from D Studio.”

hú xiǎo jiě huān yíng lái xún chá kè qì le zhù líng de gōng dì CURRENT FOCUS

胡小姐 欢迎来巡查 客气了 筑翎的工地

“Ms. Hu, welcome to inspect our site. You're too kind. Zhuling's construction sites”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yí xiàng shì háng yè nèi zuì guī fàn de biāo gān wǒ yě shì lái xué xí yī xià de

一向是行业内最规范的标杆 我也是来学习一下的

“have always set the standard in the industry. I'm actually here to learn from you.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: GREETING AND HUMBLING
Tone: DIPLOMATIC
Emotion: RESPECT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Welcome, but please don't be too formal—we hold your firm in high regard as well.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Keqi (Courtesy and Humility)

In Chinese business interactions, deflecting deference with polite phrases like '客气了' maintains harmony and avoids appearing arrogant.

INTENT TAGS: #greeting #polite_deflection #professional_etiquette #modesty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
客气了 SPOKEN CHUNK

you're being too polite / you flatter us

A standard professional phrase used to modestly downplay compliments or excessive formality.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the acknowledgment in '客气了' to convey polite humility.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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