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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E21 (02:13) HSK 3
qí tā nà xiē xiǎo gōng sī nǐ zì jǐ dǎo téng de shén me xīng xīng diǎn diǎn de

其他那些小公司 你自己倒腾的什么星星点点的

“As for those smaller ones and little ventures,”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 02:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bù tóng yì ài měi róng gāng liǎng jiā gōng sī de gǔ fèn wǒ yào yí bàn

我不同意 爱美 容钢 两家公司的股份我要一半

“I don't agree. I want half the shares in both Aimei and Ronggang.”

qí tā nà xiē xiǎo gōng sī nǐ zì jǐ dǎo téng de shén me xīng xīng diǎn diǎn de CURRENT FOCUS

其他那些小公司 你 自己 倒腾 的 什么 星星点点 的

“As for those smaller ones and little ventures,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yě bù diàn jì

我也不惦记

“I'm not interested.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: DISMISSING MINOR ASSETS
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Keep your petty side businesses; I only care about taking half of the real money.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Asset Concession Strategy

In Chinese bargaining and divorce or corporate split disputes, belittling the other side's personal side ventures establishes leverage to claim major flagship assets.

INTENT TAGS: #negotiation #belittling #bargaining #concession
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
倒腾 SPOKEN CHUNK

to hustle, flip goods, or fiddle around with business deals

A colloquial northern term often carrying a slightly informal or dismissive connotation when describing minor business dealings.

星星点点 SPOKEN CHUNK

scattered and insignificant bits; tiny fragments

Used figuratively here to belittle small, piecemeal business investments as negligible.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Nominalizes the descriptive clause to package the small assets dismissively.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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