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《The Guilty》 S1·E13 (06:19) HSK 5
lìng qǐ lú zào yě suàn hé lǐ

另起炉灶 也算合理

“to start his own business. It makes sense.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 06:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā lì yòng le zhī qián jī lěi de rén mài hé zī yuán

他利用了之前积累的人脉和资源

“he used the connections and resources he built up”

lìng qǐ lú zào yě suàn hé lǐ CURRENT FOCUS

另起炉灶 也算合理

“to start his own business. It makes sense.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xīn fù

心腹

“Trusted aide?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EVALUATING
Tone: ANALYTICAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Given the contacts he built up, it makes total sense that he went off to do his own thing.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi and Autonomous Venture

In Chinese business culture, departing to 'set up a new stove' using personal networks (guanxi) is a widely recognized path toward commercial autonomy.

INTENT TAGS: #evaluating #rationalizing #conceding #assessing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
另起炉灶 SPOKEN CHUNK

to start fresh / to set up a separate establishment

An idiomatic expression describing breaking away from an existing group or employer to establish one's own venture.

也算合理 SPOKEN CHUNK

can be considered reasonable / makes sense

Used to express moderate or pragmatic concession that an action is logical under the circumstances.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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