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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E27 (28:54) HSK 5
wǒ men wèi le jiàn chéng fù chū le duō shǎo

我们为了建城 付出了多少

“what we sacrificed to build a city.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 28:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ bú shì bù zhī dào

你不是不知道

“You knew”

wǒ men wèi le jiàn chéng fù chū le duō shǎo CURRENT FOCUS

我们为了建城 付出了多少

“what we sacrificed to build a city.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yě bú shì bù zhī dào

你也不是不知道

“You also knew”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: APPEALING TO SHARED SACRIFICE
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no right to sabotage or question our hard-earned progress after all we endured.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Collective Hardship (打感情牌/讲奉献)

In Chinese institutional culture, invoking past collective sacrifices (奉献) is a powerful rhetorical tool to resolve disputes and enforce consensus.

INTENT TAGS: #guilt_tripping #justification #appealing_to_loyalty #reproach
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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付出了多少 SPOKEN CHUNK

how much (we) have sacrificed/paid

A rhetorical phrase used to emphasize heavy emotional, physical, or financial investment.

为了 SPOKEN CHUNK

in order to / for the sake of

Placed before a mission or goal to justify subsequent actions or sacrifices.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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