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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E6 (13:50) HSK 5
kě shì xiàn lǐ miàn yǐ jīng cuī le hěn duō cì le zhè cì qíng kuàng tè shū

可是县里面 已经催了很多次了 这次情况特殊

“But the county urged us many times. This is a special case.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 13:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tài wēi xiǎn le

太危险了

“It's too dangerous.”

kě shì xiàn lǐ miàn yǐ jīng cuī le hěn duō cì le zhè cì qíng kuàng tè shū CURRENT FOCUS

可是 县里面 已经 催了很多次 了 这次 情况特殊

“But the county urged us many times. This is a special case.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ huì qù gēn tā men shuō de wǒ men huí huí dōu shì qíng kuàng tè shū

“I'll explain to them. We always have special situations.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Our hands are tied by the leaders above, so we have to go through with this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Top-Down Bureaucratic Pressure

Appealing to orders or urgings from higher bureaucratic bodies ('县里') is a common tactic in Chinese institutional contexts to justify risky or unpopular operational decisions.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #shifting_blame #pressure #compliance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
情况特殊 SPOKEN CHUNK

special circumstances / exceptional situation

A standard professional phrase invoked to justify overriding normal rules or safety concerns.

催了很多次 SPOKEN CHUNK

urged/pressed repeatedly

Used to emphasize external deadline pressure from clients or bureaucratic superiors.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the completed state and accumulation of repeated urgings from the county.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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