《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24 (02:37)
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jiù suàn dà jiā zhī dào tā zài hú shuō yě bù yuàn yì gěi zì jǐ zhǎo má fán
就算大家知道他在胡说 也不愿意给自己找麻烦
“Even if everyone knows he's lying, no one wants to get in trouble.”
《The Glamorous Night》
S1·E24
TIMECODE: 02:37
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè háng yè jiù zhè me dà dī tóu bú jiàn tái tóu jiàn de
“This industry is small. We always run into each other.”
jiù suàn dà jiā zhī dào tā zài hú shuō yě bù yuàn yì gěi zì jǐ zhǎo má fán
CURRENT FOCUS
就算 大家 知道 他在 胡说 也不愿意 给自己找麻烦
“Even if everyone knows he's lying, no one wants to get in trouble.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
gōng zuò zhǎo le hěn jiǔ le ba
工作找了很久了吧
“Been job hunting for a while?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
EXPLAINING SOCIAL REALITY
Tone:
PRAGMATIC
Emotion:
HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not expect anyone to stand up for you; everyone is just protecting their own neck.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mingzhe Baoshen (Wise Self-Preservation)
In Chinese professional culture, staying neutral and avoiding conflicts that do not directly concern oneself is often seen as practical wisdom rather than cowardice.
INTENT TAGS:
#warning
#reality_check
#explaining
#self_preservation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
就算
SPOKEN CHUNK
even if / even granted that
Use at the beginning of a clause to introduce an extreme hypothetical concession.
给自己找麻烦
SPOKEN CHUNK
to ask for trouble / to invite unnecessary problems into one's life
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to justify non-intervention or cautious behavior.
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