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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E6 (28:51) HSK 7
wǒ zěn me gēn rén jiā jiāo dài nǐ yǐ wéi nǐ shì gōng fèi lǚ yóu ma

我怎么跟人家交代 你以为 你是公费旅游吗

“How do I explain to them? Do you think you're going on a paid work trip?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 28:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ gēn běn jiù méi yǒu chū xiàn

你根本就没有出现

“you didn't show up at all.”

wǒ zěn me gēn rén jiā jiāo dài nǐ yǐ wéi nǐ shì gōng fèi lǚ yóu ma CURRENT FOCUS

我 怎么跟 人家 交代 你以为 你是 公费旅游 吗

“How do I explain to them? Do you think you're going on a paid work trip?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi yǒu zhǔ biān wǒ shì tì nín kǎo lǜ a nín xiǎng zán men wǎn bào

没有 主编 我是替您考虑啊 您想 咱们晚报

“No, Chief Editor. I'm doing this for your sake. Think about it. Our evening newspaper”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: REPROACHFUL AND ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You messed up and wasted company money, and now you have put my own neck on the line!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Accountability to Higher Authorities (交代)

In Chinese workplace dynamics, middle managers bear heavy pressure to provide a satisfactory account (交代) to superiors or external stakeholders.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #accountability #accusation #frustration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
交代 SPOKEN CHUNK

to account for; to justify oneself; to give an explanation

Commonly used in professional hierarchies when one must justify an outcome or failure to a client or higher authority.

公费旅游 SPOKEN CHUNK

sightseeing on public/company funds; a junket

A critical phrase used when accusing someone of treating an official work trip as a leisure holiday.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a sharp rhetorical question, expressing rebuke rather than seeking an answer.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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