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《The Truth》 S1·E14 (28:28) HSK 1
shuō méi dé zuì guò rén nà shì bù kě néng de

说没得罪过人 那是不可能的

“it's impossible to say we haven't offended anyone.”

《The Truth》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 28:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men zuò shēng yì zhè me duō nián

我们做生意这么多年

“After so many years in business,”

shuō méi dé zuì guò rén nà shì bù kě néng de CURRENT FOCUS

说没 得罪过人 那是不可能的

“it's impossible to say we haven't offended anyone.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì yǒu shén me shēn chóu dà hèn

“But deep hatred?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ADMITTING REALITY
Tone: CANDID
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Sure, we've stepped on toes in business, but not enough to make someone want to kill us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Interpersonal Friction in Commerce

In Chinese commercial culture, doing business inevitably involves complex human relationships where offending someone (得罪人) is seen as an unavoidable hazard of competition.

INTENT TAGS: #conceding #self_defense #mitigation #realism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
得罪人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to offend or cross someone

A very common idiomatic phrase in Chinese society to describe damaging social harmony or making interpersonal enemies.

那是不可能的 SPOKEN CHUNK

that is completely impossible

A decisive conversational phrase used to flatly reject a hypothetical premise.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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