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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E19 (18:27) HSK 3
zhè jǐ nián wǒ yì zhí zài hè wǔ shǒu dǐ xià zuò shì

这几年 我一直在贺武手底下做事

“For the past few years, I've been working for He Wu.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 18:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ xiàn zài yǒu gèng zhòng yào de shì qíng yào gēn nǐ shuō

“there's something more important I need to tell you.”

zhè jǐ nián wǒ yì zhí zài hè wǔ shǒu dǐ xià zuò shì CURRENT FOCUS

这几年 我 一直在 贺武 手底下 做事

“For the past few years, I've been working for He Wu.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā míng xià de nà ge héng yùn wù liú nǐ men shì zhī dào de

“You already know about his company, Hengyun Logistics.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONFESSING
Tone: SERIOUS
Emotion: SOLEMNITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know everything about his operations because I was his right-hand man for years.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Subordinate Hierarchy in Spoken Chinese

Phrases like '在谁手底下做事' emphasize hierarchical subordination and personal dependency on a patron or boss, common in underworld or traditional business dynamics.

INTENT TAGS: #disclosure #establishing_credibility #confession #providing_evidence
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
在……手底下做事 SPOKEN CHUNK

to work under someone

Common idiomatic pattern used to describe working subordinate to a specific boss or manager.

这几年 SPOKEN CHUNK

these past few years

A natural spoken phrase for anchoring duration spanning the recent years up to the present.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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