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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E4 (10:27) HSK 6
liáo bēng le zhèng dé chéng nǐ yǒu diǎn zǔ bǎ jiā kàn hǎo le děng wǒ huí lái

聊崩了 郑德诚 你有点组 把家看好了 等我回来

“The talk failed? Zheng Decheng... Hold the fort. Wait for me.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 10:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN mó tuō chē yào shi gěi wǒ wǒ qù tàng xiàn wěi zhèng shū jì nǐ yào gàn shén me

摩托车钥匙给我 我去趟县委 郑书记 你要干什么

“Xie, give me the motorcycle keys. I'm going to the county committee. Mr. Zheng. What's up?”

liáo bēng le zhèng dé chéng nǐ yǒu diǎn zǔ bǎ jiā kàn hǎo le děng wǒ huí lái CURRENT FOCUS

聊崩了 郑德诚 你有点组 把家看好了 等我 回来

“The talk failed? Zheng Decheng... Hold the fort. Wait for me.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè zhè zhè shén me yì si lǎo tián nǐ kàn zhe tā men

这这这 什么意思 老田 你看着他们

“What's this about? Tian, watch them.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY
Tone: COMMANDING
Emotion: URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Holding Down the Fort (看家)

In Chinese organizational culture, referring to the workplace unit as 'home' and asking trusted subordinates to 'watch the house' reflects collective responsibility and high trust.

INTENT TAGS: #delegation #urgency #commanding #informing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
聊崩了 SPOKEN CHUNK

the talk fell through; the negotiation broke down

An informal spoken idiom describing conversations or negotiations that collapsed completely.

把家看好 SPOKEN CHUNK

hold down the fort; look after the home base

Colloquially used in workplace contexts to mean taking charge of the office or base while the boss is away.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks completed change of state, highlighting the sudden breakdown of the talks.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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