《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E6 (37:02)
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wǒ hái pà wǒ zuò bù hǎo yā lì dà dé hěn
我还怕我做不好 压力大得很
“I'm afraid I can't do it well. I'm under a lot of pressure.”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 37:02
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jiù shèng xià wǒ
就剩下我
“I'm the only one left.”
wǒ hái pà wǒ zuò bù hǎo yā lì dà dé hěn
CURRENT FOCUS
我 还怕 我做 不好 压力大得很
“I'm afraid I can't do it well. I'm under a lot of pressure.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ yā lì dà shén me nǐ zuò dé yǐ jīng fēi cháng hǎo le nǐ kàn kàn wǒ
你压力大什么 你做得已经非常好了 你看看我
“What pressure? You've done very well. Look at me.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
EXPRESSING INSECURITY
Tone:
DEFENSIVE
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I feel inadequate and need you to tell me that I'm doing fine.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Modest Self-Deprecation (Qianxu)
Confessing one's flaws and dread of underperforming serves both to lower expectations and to solicit supportive encouragement in Chinese peer workplace interactions.
INTENT TAGS:
#confession
#performance_anxiety
#stress
#seeking_validation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
怕我做不好
SPOKEN CHUNK
afraid that I won't do well
A common formula for expressing modest hesitation or genuine performance anxiety.
压力大得很
SPOKEN CHUNK
under immense pressure; stressed out to the maximum
Using '...得很' as a colloquial post-adjectival complement to intensify degree (much like 'extremely').
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3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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