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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E23 (21:25) HSK 7
lǐng dǎo wǒ wǒ zuó tiān wǒ bù xiǎng tīng jiè kǒu

领导我 我昨天 我不想听借口

“Director, yesterday, I... I don't want to hear excuses!”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 21:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuó tiān shí diǎn bàn wèi shén me zhè me zǎo

昨天十点半 为什么这么早

“10:30 PM. Why so early?”

lǐng dǎo wǒ wǒ zuó tiān wǒ bù xiǎng tīng jiè kǒu CURRENT FOCUS

领导 我 我昨天 我不想听 借口

“Director, yesterday, I... I don't want to hear excuses!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zhǐ zhī dào jīn táng jí tuán de zhōng zhǐ kē duān

我只知道 今塘集团的 终止科端

“All I know is, you still haven't provided me with the legal analysis”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INTERRUPTING AND REPRIMANDING
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Save your breath; only your failure matters, not your reasons.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Hierarchy and Accountability

In Chinese business culture, leaders hold strong authoritative sway and often demand strict results rather than allowing excuses for failure.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #shutting_down #asserting_authority #accountability
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不想听借口 SPOKEN CHUNK

do not want to hear excuses

Used by authority figures to firmly shut down someone trying to explain away a failure.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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