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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E7 (17:43) HSK 6
dōu shì kào wǒ sī rén guān xì wéi hù de

都是靠我私人关系维护的

“are kept through my own relationships.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 17:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bǎ wǒ kè hù ná zǒu a wǒ de kè hù

“By taking away my clients? My clients”

dōu shì kào wǒ sī rén guān xì wéi hù de CURRENT FOCUS

都是靠我 私人关系 维护的

“are kept through my own relationships.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ér qiě dǒng yuè wǒ jué de tā rén bù cuò bù zhì yú a

“And I think Dong Yue's a good person. He won't do that.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEFENDING CLAIMS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no right to take these clients because they are loyal to me, not the company.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi Ownership in Business

In Chinese commercial environments, business accounts are frequently tied to individual guanxi rather than purely corporate branding, leading to territorial disputes when staff change roles.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #territoriality #assertion #self_defense
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
私人关系 SPOKEN CHUNK

personal connections / private relationships

Refers to individual rapport outside institutional boundaries, often crucial in Chinese business culture.

靠...维护 SPOKEN CHUNK

maintained by relying on...

Used to explain the underlying mechanism or effort required to keep relationships or assets functioning.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in the 'shi...de' construction to emphatically stress the method or basis of maintenance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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