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《The Truth》 S1·E22 (24:32) HSK 4
wǒ bù kàn tā shì qīn qī de fèn shàng wǒ cái bú huì yòng tā ne

我不看他是亲戚的份上 我才不会用他呢

“If he weren't family, I wouldn't have hired him.”

《The Truth》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 24:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yào wén píng méi wén píng yào běn shì méi běn shì

“No education, no decent skills.”

wǒ bù kàn tā shì qīn qī de fèn shàng wǒ cái bú huì yòng tā ne CURRENT FOCUS

我不看 他是亲戚的份上 我才不会 用他 呢

“If he weren't family, I wouldn't have hired him.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā xiàn zài ya

他现在呀

“Now,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: VENTING FRUSTRATION
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He is completely useless, and I only hired him out of obligation to my family.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Nepotism and Kinship Obligations (Renqing and Qinqi)

Chinese society places immense moral pressure on helping family members, often forcing employers to hire unqualified relatives to maintain family harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #justifying #venting #blaming
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
看在……的份上 SPOKEN CHUNK

for the sake of; taking into consideration

Commonly used when making a concession or doing a favor out of respect for a relationship or circumstance.

才不会 SPOKEN CHUNK

definitely would not

Used to strongly emphasize a negative condition or refusal.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an emphatic, lingering tone that reinforces the speaker's conviction and indignation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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